An 11-year-old with abdominal pain 3 months after getting COVID-19 still had the coronavirus in her gut

[Mary Wilson]

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Marianne Guenot

Scientists found traces of the coronavirus in the gut of an 11-year-old girl, three months after she appeared to have recovered from COVID-19.

The girl had been experiencing severe abdominal pain since catching an "acute" case of COVID-19, per the study.

The findings could provide clues as to why people are experiencing symptoms long after the infection has cleared, a syndrome called "long COVID."

It was published as part of the February issue of the peer-reviewed journal JPGN Reports.

The girl, who was being treated at the Children's Hospital at SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, had been experiencing "cramping or burning" pain, which got better after she went to the bathroom or ate.

The pain was intense, ranging from 5 to 7 out of 10, per the study. ...

https://www.businessinsider.com/11-girl-gut-pain-coronavirus-3-months-infection-long-covid-2022-1

 

[Mary Wilson]

JPGN Reports: February 2022 - Volume 3 - Issue 1 - p e152
doi: 10.1097/PG9.0000000000000152

CASE REPORT: GASTROENTEROLOGY

Persistent SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein Presence in the Intestinal Epithelium of a Pediatric Patient 3 Months After Acute Infection


Abstract

In addition to the severe impact of acute respiratory disease during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the issue of “Long COVID” illness has impacted large numbers of patients following the initial infection. Wide ranges of Long Covid incidence have been reported, ranging from 30 to 87%. Long COVID has a variety of clinical manifestations, including gastrointestinal symptoms. Here, we report a case of persistent abdominal pain, 3 months following a SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis, associated with chronic colonic inflammation and the presence of mucosal SARS-CoV-2 virions.

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https://journals.lww.com/jpgnr/Fulltext/2022/02000/Persistent_SARS_CoV_2_Nucleocapsid_Protein.9.aspx

 

[Emily]

It is not clear when the child got the infection, whether she had been vaccinated against COVID-19, or which variant she might have caught.

The child must have a chaotic life if her vaccination status is unknown. An 11-yr-old should have been able to communicate that herself, if she had the cognitive or verbal abilities to do so. It's important to know because there was an inactive measles vaccine in 1967 that set up children to get a more serious, atypical form of measles when they encountered the wild virus.

Altered reactivity to measles virus: atypical measles in children previously immunized with inactivated measles virus vaccines
VA Fulginiti, JJ Eller, AW Downie, CH Kempe - Jama, 1967 - jamanetwork.com

… atypical measles illness occurred in ten children who had received inactivated (killed) measles
… They reported nine instances of atypical measles in children immunized previously with …

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