Treatment of children with a viral disease. Archival photoMOSCOW, January 21The first sign of infection with the omicron strain of coronavirus may be a change in the child's lifestyle and the abandonment of habitual preferences, immunologist Nikolai Kryuchkov told Evening Moscow. According to him, these are the usual symptoms of COVID -19, like high fever and severe cough, are not always present in children with this strain. «It is important to watch that he becomes lethargic, responds more slowly to questions. You need to pay attention to changes in the child's lifestyle and activities. Unwillingness to play, loss of appetite — all this may be the first manifestations of the disease,» Kryuchkov explained. The doctor noted that the course of the disease with «omicron» in children may be accompanied by problems with the gastrointestinal tract, including nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain. «In children suffering from» omicron «, the development of a systemic inflammatory syndrome is not ruled out,» the immunologist emphasized. However, as Kryuchkov clarified, such a consequence occurs extremely rarely in them during illness.
An infectious disease doctor explained why omicron is much more dangerous for children The omicron strain of coronavirus, or B.1.1.529, was discovered in Botswana and South Africa in November. According to experts, those who have been ill and vaccinated can become infected with it. The new variant has already been identified in 110 countries, including Russia. It spreads faster than the previous delta strain and becomes dominant. As Anna Popova, the head of Rospotrebnadzor, noted, the infectivity of «omicron» is three to seven times higher compared to previous strains, and the incubation period has been reduced to two to five days.
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