Painful leg inflammation can be long-COVID side effect, doctor says

HEALTH ABOUT WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW. IT SEEMS TO BE A PHENOMENON THAT HAS BEEN REALLY DESCRIBED WITH COVID.D. DOCTOR JOSEPH SASSINE WITH OU HEALTH MONITORING A PAINFUL SYMPTOM OF LONG COVID PATIENTS WITH LEG INFLAMMATION AND IN SOME CASES, EVEN IMPACTING THEIR ABILITY TO SIMPLY WALK. WE KNOW THAT COVID, LIKE IN THESE CASES, CAN CAUSE MUSCLE INFLAMMATION. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS CAN IMPAIR SOMEBODY WALKING. SASSINE SAYS IT'S BEEN SEEN IN BOTH ADULTS AND CHILDREN, BUT THERE'S BEEN BEEN MORE RESEARCH AND DATA ON THE EFFECTS ON CHILDREN. IT CAN REALLY HAPPEN. AND AT ANY POINT IN TIME AFTER THE COVID INFECTION IN, UM, USUALLY IT'S UP TO 60 DAYS, BUT THERE'S NO REALLY TIME PERIOD WITHIN WITHIN THAT, THAT INTERVAL. HE SAYS THERE'S NO REAL SYMPTOMS THAT WILL INDICATE THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU OR YOUR CHILD, BUT IF THEY HAD COVID, BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A RASH, STOMACH PAIN, DIARRHEA AND MUSCLE ACHES FOR UP TO TWO MONTHS AFTER INFECTION AND WHILE MOST CASES AREN'T BAD FOR THE MORE SEVERE CASES, THEY NEED TO COME TO THE HOSPITAL SO THEY CAN GET GET THINGS LIKE, UH, STEROIDS.

UM, INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTENSIVE CARE UNIT CARE. SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE PRESENTATION. SO AGAIN, REACH OUT TO YOUR PEDIATRICIAN AND THEY'LL K.

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