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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => COVID-19 => Topic started by: steveb on 31/07/2021 19:08:29

Title: Should a child with Long COVID be vaccinated?
Post by: steveb on 31/07/2021 19:08:29

Vulnerable children in the UK are now eligible for the vaccine. What about children that have been suffering from Long COVID - would they be considered in the 'vulnerable' category? And would there be additional risk from their receiving the vaccine?

Title: Re: Should a child with Long COVID be vaccinated?
Post by: evan_au on 01/08/2021 00:02:25

The causes of long COVID is still something of a mystery - but naturally, researchers have their theories.
- Some theories involve the virus "hiding out" in the body
- Or an overactive, ongoing immune response
- etc...

There have been anecdotes where people with long COVID found their symptoms improved after vaccination
- If there was virus hiding out, it is possible that the more targeted immune response from a vaccine could seek it out and destroy it

As always, talk to your doctor - don't take medical advice from a discussion forum!

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_COVID#Cause