As a pediatrician, reports like this scare the hell out of me.
What they are describing is not just sensory dysfunction, but brainstem dysfunction.
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/art…
What they are describing is not just sensory dysfunction, but brainstem dysfunction.
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/art…
This is actually what I study in my sleep apnea research. A brainstem center called the Kölliker-Fuse matures during early life, programming coordination of the swallow.
Case #1 The 16 month-old child can chew food, but cannot swallow what she chews. She can only swallow liquids
Case #1 The 16 month-old child can chew food, but cannot swallow what she chews. She can only swallow liquids
She is also not speaking the single word that she could say prior to getting sick. She was infected at 12 months of age, a time of critical developments for eating and speaking.
The Kölliker-Fuse is also involved in speech and breathing coordination.
The Kölliker-Fuse is also involved in speech and breathing coordination.
Case #2 lost his grandfather to Covid at the same time that he got sick around 17 months of age. He too is having trouble with eating, though not as severe as case #1. He sucks the juice out of the meat he chews, and then spits the meat out.
We know that the virus is neuroinvasive and can invade and cause inflammation in the autonomic brainstem centers.
Why are we allowing our children to be freely infected, without understanding the risks to their development and long-term health?
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33031735/
Why are we allowing our children to be freely infected, without understanding the risks to their development and long-term health?
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33031735/
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