Children’s Health and Coronavirus Infection: Problems and Ways of Confrontation

Abstract

The article discusses the features of the problems of infecting children with coronavirus infection and ways to resist this process. The author notes the following: awareness of the coronavirus and testing of its manifestations have increased during the current pandemic, previous reports suggest that pediatric HCoV infections may have been underestimated, especially the cause of febrile seizures and encephalitis has not been fully studied. SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses should be excluded in children with acute onset of neurological disease who have probable risk factors, including age under one year and immunodeficiency. Studies demonstrate a high probability of worsening of the consequences of the nervous system development, which should be deliberately studied during clinical observation. In general, in order to achieve optimal functional results and quality of life, children with severe neurological diseases caused by coronavirus, including all those who need intensive therapy should undergo longitudinal monitoring of the development of the nervous system to identify obvious and hidden disorders and should be prescribed the therapy

Association between high-mobility group box 1 levels and febrile seizures in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

“…According to the 2011 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) standards, FS are defined as fever-induced (anal temperature ≥38.5 °C, axillary temperature ≥38 °C) seizures athat are not accompanied by a central nervous system infection, metabolic disorder and anamnesis 4 . Currently, no long-term and serious damage to children (including Children with FS infected with COVID-19) has been found, but long-term follow-up is required 5,6 . FS can be divided into simple FS and complex FS.…”