High fever and shivering are the common symptoms plant in COVID-19 infected children and adolescents in the age group of 11-17 times, informed Dr Dhiren Gupta, Paediatric Pulmonologist at Sir Gangaram Hospital in Delhi on Sunday.
Speaking to ANI, Dr Gupta who has been treating COVID-19 infected children and adolescents said,” Children and adolescents between the age group of 11 to 17 times who are infected with coronavirus infection are witnessing high fever and shivering.”
According to the health expert, COVID-19 infected babies under two times of age are also witnessing high fever and shivering and some of them indeed bear hospitalization.
“I’ve treated around nine babies infected with COVID-19, of which one needed ventilation support. As is the case with other cases, babies needed hospitalization because of high- grade fever,”Dr Gupta said.
He further informed that the inflexibility of the infection in grown-ups is lower as compared to that of delta variant of coronavirus while the same can not be said for the babies.
“As per my experience, babies with lower than two times of age belong to a high- threat group and the infection inflexibility in them is nearly same as that of delta variant. While those in the age type of 11-18 times are having further symptoms but their case isn’t as severe as that of the delta,”he added.
Speaking on the instantiations of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the health expert said,”This time, we’ve plant that the contagion primarily affects the upper respiratory tract of the case. Therefore, the infection exhibits symptoms like deep freeze, headache, nasal discharge and fever with shivering.”
Comparing the symptoms displayed by coronavirus infection during the alternate surge to that of now, Dr Gupta said,” Contrary to the alternate surge, it isn’t veritably common for the Omicron cases to lose the sense of taste and smell. Only two to three per 10 cases are complaining about the loss of taste and smell. This also demonstrates that there’s an lapping between the clinical features of Omicron and delta.”
The health expert also stated that the Omicron symptoms in vaccinated and healthy people are less severe than those who are unvaccinated, especially with comorbidities.
“The cases who are taking some immunosuppressant, they are fitted to the lung involvement, that is, pneumonia. Till now, I’ve come across three cases who have developed pneumonia. They needed steroids for the treatment,”he added.