The 14-year-old who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 is dead. What symptoms in children should worry us?
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A 14-year-old, who had been there just a few hours earlier, died in the hospital in Ostrów Wielkopolski. The boy was in serious condition and tested positive for COVID-19. It is not known, however, whether the coronavirus was the cause of the 14-year-old’s death. Only the autopsy will show that. More and more children suffer from COVID-19. What symptoms should I look for?

  1. The 14-year-old was treated for an upper respiratory tract infection for a week. When his condition deteriorated significantly, he was taken to hospital, where he died after a few hours
  2. It is not known what was the direct cause of the death of the 14-year-old boy. Initial research suggested that he may have developed sepsis
  3. In Poland, COVID-19 is detected in an increasing number of children. Those with obesity, diabetes and impaired immunity are the most vulnerable to the disease
  4. Scientists have identified the three most common groups of COVID-19 symptoms in children that are worth paying attention to
  5. More information can be found on the Onet homepage

The 14-year-old is dead. He was infected with the coronavirus

The 14-year-old boy was hospitalized in Ostrów Wielkopolski on Thursday. Doctors described his condition as serious. He was tested for COVID-19 at the facility and tested positive.

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The information from the hospital shows that the 14-year-old boy initially had typical symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection, for which he was treated by a family doctor for a week. However, on Thursday, his health deteriorated sharply, so the family called an ambulance.

First, he went to a pediatric ward in a very serious condition, where he underwent oxygen treatment and diagnostics, but the condition deteriorated very quickly and he was transferred to the children’s ICU, where he died in the afternoon.

– informed Dr. Adam Stangret, spokesman for the hospital in Ostrów Wielkopolski.

The representative of the facility also added that the 14-year-old boy had not been vaccinated against COVID-19.

It is not known yet what was the direct cause of the teenager’s death. For this purpose, an autopsy is scheduled. A preliminary examination of a 14-year-old boy suggested that he may have suffered sepsis. In addition, the prosecutor also deals with the case.

The very short stay in the hospital did not allow for the complete diagnosis of the patient

– emphasized Dr. Adam Stangret.

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How many children in Poland died from COVID-19?

At the beginning of November this year. head of the Department of Paediatrics and Infectious Diseases at the University Teaching Hospital in Wrocław prof. Leszek Szenborn reported that there has been an increase in juvenile mortality due to COVID-19 recently.

About 19 children have died from COVID-400 in the US. That’s a lot. Our data is not complete, but certainly more than 30 minors died from this disease. It is a lot that so many children in Poland died within a year. Such a global average in child deaths is about 10 percent. patients with COVID-19, and this is also confirmed in our country

– said prof. Leszek Szenborn.

According to the doctor, children with obesity, diabetes and impaired immunity are at risk of a more severe course of the disease.

We notice more sick children, but this is also due to the fact that simply more cases are detected. Children are tested for other diseases, a swab is taken and they are found to be infected with SARS-CoV-2. However, children are naturally less affected by COVID-19, but there are also difficult cases that require patient transfer to the intensive care unit

– emphasized prof. Leszek Szenborn.

  1. See also: How many children in Poland died from COVID-19? “It’s a lot”

COVID-19 in Children – What Are the Symptoms?

Most often, children are infected with the coronavirus without any symptoms or the course of the disease is mild. It happens, however, that in minors more disturbing symptoms of the disease appear.

Researchers have listed the three most common groups of COVID-19 symptoms in children:

  1. first, they belong to them respiratory symptoms (dry cough, pharyngitis, runny nose) in combination with fever, 
  2. the second most frequent group symptoms affect the gastrointestinal tract (e.g. vomiting, diarrhea) 
  3. the third group is neurological symptomssuch as: headache, changes in the sense of smell and taste, weakness.
  1. See also: COVID-19 in children – what are the symptoms and when is it dangerous? [WE EXPLAIN]

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