Children are still suffering long term effects from Covid-19, but the condition remains a mystery - leaving families in despair, and some experts calling for better vaccination of young people
The majority of children aged 5-11 are unvaccinated because it is assumed that healthy children have a more rapid immune response than adults First he had a rash that moved all over his body and suffered swollen tonsils. Then, after a course of penicillin he developed a bad cough.connection at first – “in March 2024 we weren’t really in the mindset of Covid and just thought he had a bad cough,” she says.
As time went on, his symptoms worsened while doctor after doctor sent them in the wrong direction. He developed allergic symptoms, poor circulation, restless legs, and drooping eyelids alongside fatigue, shortness of breath and inappropriately high heart rate. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence defines it as “a multi-system condition with a range of debilitating symptoms – signs and symptoms continue or develop after acute Covid-19, continue for more than four weeks, and are not explained by an alternative diagnosis.” These symptoms can include those found in acute Covid and can also include fatigue, shortness of breath and cognitive dysfunction, which is most commonly reported.
“When China had their more or less overnight easing of restrictions, Omicron spread like wildfire in a few months through a largely unvaccinated population. It did terrible things in terms of massive deaths and hospitalisations and long Covid.” “We have private health cover for six months through my husband’s work, and once that six months is up we’re back to the NHS,” she says. “Our GP said that when our private cover runs out we should come back to them but they still don’t know what to do. And the school doesn’t know what to do either. They absolutely want him in, which he wants too, but it’s risky and absolutely exhausting for him.”
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