Experts say coronavirus causes other viruses to behave strangely and put children at risk.
Coronavirus has been a major concern around the world for two years now, and all resources have been used to control it.
But its presence has influenced the tendencies and behaviors of other bugs, experts say.
These include liver inflammation in children, monkey pox, respiratory worms, and scarlet fever.
Some have primarily affected children, and parents have been urged to be aware of the symptoms and check their child’s vaccine status.
Dr Scott Roberts, a Yale medical expert, told The Independent.
“I’ve never seen flu season extended until June in the US. Covid obviously had a very big impact on it.”
time indoors
Because you spend a lot of time indoors away from other people, your immunity to common viruses is reduced.
In general, children will be infected with many bugs while in day care and school, and will gradually build up a defense system early on.
But they enter schools without protection, causing a virus surge and changing data trends.
Respiratory tract infections (RSV) spiked abnormally during the summer months, which are usually a problem in the winter months.
Outbreaks of scarlet fever, or so-called “Victorian” disease, have occurred nationwide in recent months.
Most unusual this year was an outbreak of mysterious hepatitis (hepatitis) in children.
Investigations from the UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) continue to suggest a link to previous adenovirus infections.
UKHSA’s chief medical adviser, Dr Renu Bindra, said: “However, investigations continue to uncover the exact cause of the increase.”
Professor Simon Taylor-Robinson, an episcopal scholar at Imperial College London, said: “Given the seasonality, over the past two years, children have been isolated from their peers to develop immunity to common childhood viral diseases. I’ve seen cases where it doesn’t,” he said.
“So now contact with a virus such as adenovirus may explain the more exaggerated symptoms of some of the children who were previously quarantined.”
The UKHSA said it is investigating whether co-infection with other bugs such as Covid is the driving force.
“Some children with acute hepatitis have recently been infected with COVID-19,” the UKHSA said.
“But it is not unexpected because there are a lot of people infected with COVID-19 in this age group,” he said.
jab drop
In the aftermath of the epidemic, immunization rates for children have fallen.
Dr Vanessa Saliva, a consultant epidemiologist with the UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA), previously told The Sun:
“These reductions in coverage mean reduced protection against high-risk infectious diseases such as measles.”
The UK Health and Safety Agency (UKHSA) said in February that the measles vaccination rate fell to its lowest level in 10 years.
The World Health Organization (WHO) says 95% of people need to stab measles to control measles.
However, according to the most recent figures for September, only 85.5% of 5-year-olds had had two MMR jabs, which prevent measles, mumps and rubella.
resource
Most public health resources have been used to track Covid in the last few years.
As a result, monkey pox and other diseases such as tuberculosis may have spread quietly, reports The Independent.
In March, the UKHSA asked public and health professionals to help reverse the growing trend in tuberculosis (TB) cases.
Health and Social Services Minister Sajid Javid said it is “very worrisome” to see an increase in cases after “there has been significant progress in the fight against tuberculosis in the UK over the past decade”.
The incidence of tuberculosis has been increasing since 2019, slowed down in 2020 due to COVID-19, but has since risen again.
Infants, infants, and young children are at a greater risk of contracting tuberculosis than healthy adults.
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned in early June that monkey pox may have been circulating within communities for “months or perhaps years”.
This bug was detected hundreds of times in May in countries where you would not normally see it.
This includes the UK. However, almost all cases occurred in men in their 30s and 40s.
Dr Babak Ashrafi, Clinical Director at ZAVA UK, said:
“Did the Covid-19 virus and/or lockdown play a role?
“There is no evidence that the monkey head virus is related to COVID-19 or any vaccine.
However, easing the lockdown and resuming overseas travel may have reopened the door to the transmission of new infections,” he said.