Complications of Covid-19 on Sickle Cell Patients in Children
Ahmed Abdelsamie Fadl *
Doctor Samir Abbas Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Alazhar Unversity Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt.
Duaa Salem Balkhi
King Fahad Armed Forced Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Bayan Khalid Binyamien
King Fahad Armed Forced Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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Abstract
Sickle cell anemia is serious condition. People who have the disease when get infected with Covid-19 are more likely to suffer more complications. In this paper, we report the prevalence of complications of sickle cells of children infected with covid-19 virus. As pathogen detection campaigns have gotten more prevalent, the number of patients diagnosed with COVID19 has increased substantially. The majority of children diagnosed with COVID19 have moderate symptoms; the most common clinical signs in children with COVID19 are fever and cough. Fatigue, myalgia, upper respiratory tract symptoms, sore throat, headache, dizziness, and gastrointestinal problems.
Keywords: Covid-19 virus, gastrointestinal problems, sickle cell anemia, sars-cov-2 infection.