Infectionists warned about the risk of bronchitis in children with "omicron"

The omicron strain of CORONAVIRUS can cause bronchitis in children, infectious disease doctors interviewed by RBC said.

“In young children, croup began to be registered, obstructive bronchitis and bronchiolitis. Conditions that require emergency care, ”the HEAD of the children’s infectious diseases department of the MONIKI named after RBC told RBC. Vladimirsky Elena Meskina.

Croup is a respiratory syndrome resulting from inflammation in the larynx. With it, children have a barking cough and difficulty breathing.

According to Meskina, such a course of covid-19 in children was noticed by foreign pediatricians.