Kennedy Krieger Clinic Treats Young Patients With ‘Long COVID’ Who Are Still Dealing With Effects From The Virus

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Months aft getting COVID-19 past November, Hannah Larson was inactive dealing with semipermanent effects from the virus.

“I was either passing retired oregon I was truly confused and benignant of delirious I didn’t cognize what was going connected I started having problems walking,” she said.

She had to instrumentality the semester disconnected from schoolhouse and tried to fig retired what was incorrect but was not getting far.

“I wasn’t getting better, truthful I recovered retired astir Kennedy Krieger due to the fact that they opened up their post-COVID clinic,” Larson said.

Kennedy Krieger has 1 of the lone clinics successful the state that treats children and young adults dealing with what’s known arsenic “long COVID,” erstwhile immoderate endure from symptoms agelong aft the archetypal infection.

“Longer COVID syndrome is simply a occupation that happens aft that and has a precise analyzable fig of symptoms specified arsenic fatigue, dizziness, headaches, weakness, besides things similar encephalon fog,” said Dr. Suzanne Rybczynski, Associate Chief Medical Officer astatine Kennedy Krieger.

The session helps patients done carnal therapy and connects them with neurologists and physiologists to assistance them get better.

“It’s a multi-disciplinary session truthful it’s not conscionable 1 doc seeing 1 kid,” said Rybczynski.

And doctors astatine the session person seen much cases of “long COVID” arsenic galore person started going backmost to school.

But galore don’t astir it, and that’s wherefore Kennedy Krieger is present trying to get the connection retired astir it successful schools.

“We person a programme that reaches retired to schoolhouse nursing truthful and provides that acquisition truthful that determination tin beryllium that span betwixt parents kids and the school,” said Rybczynski.

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If you person immoderate symptoms of “long COVID” oregon fishy anything, doctors astatine Kennedy Kreiger urge reaching retired to your child’s pediatrician to spot if they tin commencement to assistance retired your kid and fig retired if they mightiness beryllium experiencing “long COVID.”