This study aimed to measure symptoms and lung function in children and adolescents after acute COVID-19 infection.Methods: Clinical follow up, body plethysmography, and double diffusion testing were performed on 18 children and adolescents (age 7-17 years) within 3-6 months of their infection. ...
Viruses, such as cold and flu viruses, cause about a third of all cases of pneumonia. They're the most common cause of the condition in children under 5. This type of infection isn't usually as serious as bacterial pneumonia, but it can be. Viral pneumonia raises your risk of also get...
Viruses, such as cold and flu viruses, cause about a third of all cases of pneumonia. They're the most common cause of the condition in children under 5. This type of infection isn't usually as serious as bacterial pneumonia, but it can be. Viral pneumonia raises your risk of also get...
This bacterium can cause lung infections in infants and young children, and it occasionally causes ear, eye, sinus, joint, and a few other infections, but it does not cause the flu. Another confusing term is stomach flu. This term refers to a gastrointestinal tract infection, not a ...
This bacterium can cause lung infections in infants and young children, and it occasionally causes ear, eye, sinus, joint, and a few other infections, but it does not cause the flu. Another confusing term is stomach flu. This term refers to a gastrointestinal tract infection, not a ...
It kills about 41,000 people in the U.S. yearly, most of them older adults and children under 5 years old. "The danger with pneumonia is more related to the host, or the person experiencing the pneumonia, and their other medical conditions," says Dr. Laraine Washer, a clinical ...
Common cold: Congestion, sneezing and low grade fever Symptoms Fatigue: Increased tiredness or lack of energy. Fever: Elevated body temperature is often a sign of infection. Irritability: Children may become more irritable due to discomfort. Loss of Appetite: Diminished interest in food....
Children in urban public housing are at high risk for asthma, given elevated environmental and social exposures and suboptimal medical care. For a multifactorial disease like asthma, design of intervention studies can be influenced by the relative prevalence of key risk factors. To better understand ...
Somesigns of pneumonia, an infection in your lungs, include a high fever, coughing up colored mucus, feeling very tired, and having trouble breathing. Bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites can cause pneumonia, and the symptoms may differ depending on the cause. In children, symptoms of pneum...
Epiglottitis is an upper respiratory infection in children that may have a more sudden onset of symptoms such as a sore throat, feeling a lump in the throat, muffled voice, dry cough, very painful swallowing and drooling. Respiratory infections in the lower part of the upper respiratory tract...