Children With Long CoVid Suffer Lasting Lung Damage

 

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Pre-teens who contract CoVid can lose half their their lung ventilation function as measured by the ventilation/perfusion ratio by 1 year following infection.  A team of German radiologists and pediatricians studied 54 CoVid-infected kids 10-11 years of age half of whom had persisting CoVid symptoms and compared their lung functions with 9 healthy controls.  The children’s V/Q ratio was measured at 6 months, 6 to 12 months, and more than 12 months after infection.  In general, those kids with and without long CoVid had a 25% reduction in lung function during the first year following infection.  Those with Long CoVid had double that deficit.  Bottom line: children suffering CoVid require ongoing monitoring of their lung function.

 

https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/radiol.221250

 

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