<![CDATA[Estimates of long-COVID prevalence among children infected with SARS-CoV-2 have been highly variable, ranging from as low as 1.6% to as high as 70% in some studies, with most studies reporting a range of 13% to 25%]]>RE: https://disabled.social/@tomkindlon/116507994559423741

Estimates of long-COVID prevalence among children infected with SARS-CoV-2 have been highly variable, ranging from as low as 1.6% to as high as 70% in some studies, with most studies reporting a range of 13% to 25%

Even the very lowest estimate of 1.6% is dramatically high for a debilitating condition. Imagine if 1.6% of kids were losing the use of their legs from Polio!

But assuming 13%-25% is more accurate than 1.6% or 70%:

Common conditions included fatigue (85%), headache (75.2%), dizziness (64.5%), anxiety (62.1%), nausea (59.3%), and abdominal pain (38.8%).

85% of kids with Long COVID have fatigue.

85% of kids with Long COVID have fatigue!

And it is NOT that the kids are just complaining. Fatigue might sometimes be subjective, but orthostatic hypotension is easy to objectively test, and 3/10 kids with Long COVID have orthostatic hypotension!

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describing their health as bad

and

The most reported symptoms among 85 respondents were fatigue or tiredness (89.4%), symptoms worse after exertion (87.1%), dizziness or light-headedness (84.7%), and difficulty concentration or focusing (82.4%).

and as Tom Kindlon pointed out:

Pediatric patients with long-COVID report high symptom burden, which appears to meet or exceed that of other chronic health conditions (eg, cancer, type 1 diabetes, asthma, and sickle cell disease)

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