Child Coronavirus Syndrome: These are the symptoms parents should look out for

The alert, which was issued to GPs and intensive care doctors treating children across the UK at the weekend, revealed that accident and emergency wards in London and in other parts of the United Kingdom had reported a spike in the number of children presenting with strange symptoms.

Symptoms you should be looking out for:

- High temperature

- Low blood pressure

- A rash

- Difficulty breathing

- Tummy pain

- Vomiting

- Diarrhoea

- Inflammation of the heart

- Abnormal blood test results

Experts have stressed that whilst a child presenting with these symptoms should receive urgent treatment, the number of children that have been affected remains relatively low.

Professor Russell Viner, the president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said whilst COVID-19 rarely affects children the way it does adults, parents should continue to seek medical assistance should they be concerned about their son or daughter's health.

“We already know that a very small number of children can become severely ill with COVID-19 but this is very rare.

"Evidence from throughout the world shows us that children appear to be the part of the population least affected by this infection.

“New diseases may present in ways that surprise us, and clinicians need to be made aware of any emerging evidence of particular symptoms or of underlying conditions which could make a patient more vulnerable to the virus.

"However, our advice remains the same: parents should be reassured that children are unlikely to be seriously ill with COVID-19, but if they are concerned about their children’s health for any reason they should seek help from a health professional.”

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