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COVID-19

Problems with mood and fatigue

People who have severe symptoms of COVID-19 often have to be treated

in a hospital's intensive care unit, with mechanical assistance such as

ventilators to breathe. Simply surviving this experience can make a
person more likely to later develop post-traumatic stress syndrome,
depression and anxiety.

Because it's difficult to predict long-term outcomes from the

new COVID-19 virus, scientists are looking at the long-term effects seen
in related viruses, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

Many people who have recovered from SARS have gone on to
develop chronic fatigue syndrome, a complex disorder characterized by

extreme fatigue that worsens with physical or mental activity, but
doesn't improve with rest. The same may be true for people who have

had COVID-19.

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) with

COVID-19

Though children of all ages can become sick with coronavirus disease

2019 (COVID-19), most kids who are infected typically don't become as

sick as adults do. Some children who have an active infection with the
virus that causes COVID-19 might not show any signs or symptoms at

all.

A serious inflammatory syndrome in children, including some teenagers,

that appears to be linked to COVID-19. It's called multisystem
inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). This syndrome is rare, and

most children who have it eventually get better with medical care. But
some kids rapidly get worse, to the point where their lives are at risk.

Much remains to be learned about this new and emerging inflammatory
syndrome, and the cause is not known yet. But if the child shows any

signs or symptoms, must get help fast.

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