Covid-19's omicron variant appears to be affecting children under age 5 in a new way: a harsh, barking cough known as croup.
are well-known to doctors, who have had decades of experience treating the conditions.
Dr. Amy Edwards, a pediatric infectious disease expert at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland, agreed. Croup can be"scary to hear, but it doesn't mean there is any problem with the lungs," she said."The main treatment is to keep the upper airways open and clear until the inflammation subsides."
In fact, an NBC News analysis of Health and Human Services data finds that at least 16 states have broken records for the number ofNearly 40 percent of the pediatric hospitalizations at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston include children under 5, said Dr. Jim Versalovic, a pathologist who is a co-leader of the hospital's Covid-19 Command Center.
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