🚨For the 1st time the cerebral reality of the long form of the disease has been demonstrated in children.
7 young patients suffering from persistent symptoms were explored by functional imaging (PETscan) in the nuclear medicine department of Timone hospital,
#LongCovid 1/3
7 young patients suffering from persistent symptoms were explored by functional imaging (PETscan) in the nuclear medicine department of Timone hospital,
#LongCovid 1/3
https://twitter.com/apresj20/status/1430215582025146373
directed by Prof. Eric Guedj
"The complaints of these children cannot simply be explained by psychological & psychiatric disorders," says the specialist, who has already demonstrated this brain damage in adult patients, and who now favours the hypothesis of brain inflammation 2/3
"The complaints of these children cannot simply be explained by psychological & psychiatric disorders," says the specialist, who has already demonstrated this brain damage in adult patients, and who now favours the hypothesis of brain inflammation 2/3
at the time of infection by SARS-CoV-2 to explain the very long-lasting symptoms in a subgroup of patients:
"There is a real brain damage. You can't reduce it to something purely functional"
Article in french to read: parismatch.com/Actu/Sante/Le-…
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"There is a real brain damage. You can't reduce it to something purely functional"
Article in french to read: parismatch.com/Actu/Sante/Le-…
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4/4 ⬆️@LongCovidSOS @long_covid @ahandvanish @patientled @LongCovidKids @LongCovidItalia @elisaperego78 @Dr2NisreenAlwan @doctorasadkhan @LongCovidWales @LongCovidScot @COVID19persist1 @itsbodypolitic @LongCovidCH @LongCovidNL @itsbodypolitic @apuakoronaan
merci à @lilystbarth et aussi à @Ecole_Oubliee pour leurs actions quotidiennes en 🇫🇷 sur l'enjeu du #covidlongpediatrique pour faire reconnaître officiellement la maladie, pour une réelle prévention et pour 1 véritable prise en charge pluridisciplinaire pour les enfants concernés
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