Impact of "Long Covid" on Children: Global and Hong Kong Perspectives

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Kam Lun Ellis Hon1, Alexander K C Leung2, Karen Ka Yan Leung1

  • 1Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Hong Kong Children's Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Current Pediatric Reviews
|October 25, 2022
PubMed

Insights

Long COVID can cause detrimental and irreversible health, psychological, and developmental issues in children. Healthcare providers must implement multifaceted strategies to mitigate the negative impacts of quarantine on children's well-being.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Health
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Public Health

Background:

  • The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant global health challenges, including long-term effects on children.
  • Long COVID encompasses a range of adverse health, psychological, and developmental sequelae in pediatric populations.

Approach:

  • A comprehensive literature search was performed using PubMed in December 2021.
  • The search focused on COVID-19 and long COVID in individuals under 18 years old, limited to English-language publications.

Key Points:

  • COVID-19 can result in irreversible damage to children's health, psychology, and development.
  • While generally mild, COVID-19 in children can manifest as syndromes like multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).
  • Long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection and pandemic-related isolation significantly impact children's education and psychosocial well-being.

Conclusions:

  • Healthcare providers need to recognize the mental health effects of quarantine on children.
  • Collaborative efforts from governments, organizations, communities, schools, and parents are crucial.
  • Adopting age-specific, developmentally appropriate strategies is essential to reduce the negative psychological impact of quarantine on children.
Abstract

Keywords:
COVID-19SARS-CoV-2coronavirusinfluenzalong COVIDmortality

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