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In the US, scientists have identified two cases of the birth of children with brain pathologies due to COVID

In the US, scientists have identified two cases of the birth of children with brain pathologies due to COVID

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In the United States, two children were born with brain damage due to the coronavirus that their mothers had during pregnancy. According to RBC, this is stated in a study by the University of Miami Health System and the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami.

Both newborns had seizures, microcephaly, and developmental delay. The infants tested negative for COVID, but the antibody count was very high. According to scientists, this indicates that either antibodies or the virus itself entered the body of children through the placenta of the mother.

The mothers of both children contracted the coronavirus during their second trimester of pregnancy and then recovered. But one of them got sick again in the third trimester. The placentas of both women were taken for analysis, as a result, pathological changes caused by COVID were identified.

One of the children was born prematurely – at the 32nd week of pregnancy. The baby was experiencing breathing problems and convulsions, so he was connected to a ventilator and prescribed antiepileptic drugs. Three months later, the child was discharged from the hospital, and his convulsions soon stopped. However, after that, he was hospitalized several times due to developmental problems and respiratory infections.

At the age of one year and one month, the child died in the hospital, where he was brought due to an upper respiratory tract infection. An autopsy of the brain revealed a lack of white matter and the presence of hypoxia.

Another child had convulsions and intermittent respiratory arrest immediately after birth. The infant was also prescribed antibiotics for suspected sepsis. The baby was discharged from the hospital at the age of five weeks. After that, he was hospitalized several times due to seizures and respiratory infections.

When examined at the age of 12 weeks, cysts were found in the child’s brain. Later, at the age of one year, doctors discovered an underdevelopment of the skull and brain, as well as neurological abnormalities. The child is in hospice.

Source: Rosbalt

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