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Dec 9, 2022 · For kids, symptoms of Omicron appear similar to that of other COVID-19 variants. “Omicron tends to attack the upper airways more than the lower airways,” says Eric Ball, MD, a pediatrician with Providence Mission Hospital in Orange County, California, and past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
- Claire Gillespie
Jan 19, 2022 · Congestion or runny nose. Nausea or vomiting. Diarrhea. But a CDC report released in mid-December analyzed data from 43 people who had COVID-19 caused by Omicron earlier that month and found that some symptoms were more common than others. Those included: Cough. Fatigue. Congestion. Runny nose.
Sep 28, 2022 · For example, when COVID-19 first appeared globally in 2019, a loss of smell and taste was one of the hallmark signs that a person might have contracted the virus. But with later variants, such as ...
- Dorian Smith-Garcia
Muscle or body aches. Headache. Sore throat. Congestion or runny nose. Nausea. Diarrhea. In general, symptoms of the Omicron variant are very similar to those of the Delta variant, says William Schaffner, M.D., an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Since these symptoms mimic those of ...
Apr 30, 2024 · Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a serious condition linked to infection with the virus that causes COVID-19. With MIS-C, children have fever, blood markers of inflammation and serious disease throughout the body. Organs such as the brain, eyes, heart, lungs, kidneys, digestive system and skin may become inflamed.
Omicron has proven to be the most contagious COVID-19 variant of the pandemic so far. The main difference with Omicron is the sheer number of kids getting sick at the same time. Without vaccines and boosters for younger children, it feels like an agonizing wait for many families.
Dec 13, 2022 · The Omicron variant is the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the U.S. Bivalent booster shots of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines help protect against Omicron, and are available to people 6 months old and up. All of the tools we currently have to keep our kids safe are still effective against Omicron, including masking, vaccines, and testing.
