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November 15, 2023- “ In this study, we aimed to reveal the clinical features of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variants among children, and revealed that, in comparison with other SARS-CoV-2 variants, the omicron variant was associated with more clinical symptoms, particularly seizures. The number of children with seizures and unconsciousness was significantly higher after than before the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant.”- https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2023.1273464
FrontiersHigh number of seizures and unconsciousness in patients with SARS-CoV-2 omicron variants: a retrospective studySevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) omicron variants are now a pandemic. There are differences in clinical features in SARS-CoV-2 variants and we conducted this study to assess the clinical features of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in children with SARS-CoV-2 omicron variants. The study included children with COVID-19 arrivedto Tokyo Metropolitan Toshima Hospital between January 2020 and October 2022. The clinical features of 214 children with SARS-CoV-2 non-omicron variants and 557 children with omicron variants were compared. In the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant group, more patients had fever, sore throat, nausea and/or vomiting, and seizures and/or disorders of consciousness. In SARS-CoV-2 non-omicron variants, there was only one patient with seizure and/or unconsciousness whereas there were 92 children in omicron variants. Among these 92 patients, 46 (49%) were diagnosed with simple febrile seizures; 23 (25%), with complex febrile seizures; 10 (11%) with status epilepticus; and two (2%) with encephalopathy. Their mean age was 4.0 ± 3.0 years—a wider age distribution than that in other febrile seizures but similar to that in febrile seizures in patients with influenza. SARS-CoV-2 omicron variants are likely to cause seizures and unconsciousness in children and their age distribution was wider than other febrile seizures patients but similar to those in influenza patients. In clinical practice in patients with COVID-19 and influenza, clinicians sho...
@Brad @maggiemaybe And still, just last week, someone tells me “it’s just the flu.”
We might not be immune to Covid but some people sure seem immune to facts.