In today's health headlines we talk about how the Coronavirus is wearing on the mental health of children and teens and how this might show up in kids.
Also, steroids may be able to help some COVID-19 patients.
Finally, dogs are being trained to detect Coronavirus.
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMICCONTINUES TO TAKE A TOLL ON THEWELL-BEING OFCHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS.WHILE STUDIES SUGGEST THEY'RELESS LIKELY TO GET INFECTED WITHTHECORONAVIRUS... COMPARED TOADULTS... THEY'RE STILLEXPERIENCING MAJORLIFE CHANGES AND STRESSORS.AND AS SARAH DALLOF REPORTS...THAT'S IMPACTING THEIR MENTALHEALTH.DISRUPTED ROUTINES... SEPARATIONFROM FRIENDS..
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NOIN-PERSON SCHOOL COMEFALL...... THE PANDEMIC IS WEARING ONTHE MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDRENAND TEENS.11DR. EMILY MUDD, PEDIATRICPSYCHOLOGIST, CLEVELAND CLINICCHILDREN'S"ABOUT 1 IN 6 CHILDREN INAMERICA HAVE A MENTAL DISORDERAND IN THE CONTEXT OF THECORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, WE EXPECTTHIS TO INCREASE."ACROSS THE BOARD... HEALTHEXPERTS ARE SEEING MORE SYMPTOMSOF ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION.IN YOUNGER KIDS, THAT MAYMANIFEST AS TANTRUMS OR BEHAVIORREGRESSION.OLDER CHILDREN MAY BE MOREAGITATED, ANGRY OR WITHDRAWN.HAVING A TRUSTED ADULT TO WALKTHEM THROUGH THOSE EMOTIONS ISKEY.DR. EMILY MUDD, PEDIATRICPSYCHOLOGIST, CLEVELAND CLINICCHILDREN'S"NAME THE FEELING FOR THEM.
"ISEE YOU'RE ANGRY YOU CAN'T HANGOUT WITH YOUR FRIENDS' OR"YOU'REREALLY WORRIED THAT SOMETHINGBAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO MOMWHEN I GO TO WORK." HELP THEMIDENTIFY THOSE FEELINGS AND HELPTHEM WITH WAYS TO WORK THROUGHTHOSE AND BUILD RESILIENCE."WHILE MOST KIDS WILL REMEMBERTHE PANDEMIC- LIKE HOW THEIRGRANDPARENTS AND GREATGRANDPARENTS RECALL THEDEPRESSION- IT WON'T INTERFEREWITH THEIR DEVELOPMENT.BUT KIDS WITH PRE-EXISTINGMENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS ARE ATHEIGHTENED RISK.A SURVEY OF 2-THOUSAND YOUNGPEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTHYHISTORIES IN THE U-K FOUND 51PERCENT REPORTED CORONAVIRUS HASMADE THEIR MENTAL HEALTH A BITWORSE.
... 32 PERCENT SAY IT'SMUCH WORSE.CHILDREN'S"WE KNOW THOSE CHILDREN ARE ATHIGHER RISK FOR DEVELOPINGLONGER-TERM PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACTFROM THE PANDEMICEVEN DURING THE SUMMER... HEALTHEXPERTS SAY ESTABLISHINGROUTINES AND STRUCTURE CAN HELP.SO CAN TIME OUTDOORS... ANDSPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY... ORCHATTING WITH FRIENDS VIA SOCIALMEDIA.WATCH FOR CHANGES TO APPETITEAND SLEEPING HABITS.
AS WELL ASPERSONALITY.BIG SHIFTS ARE SIGNS IT'S TIMETO CONNECT WITH A MENTAL HEALTHEXPERT.A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS... SEVERALSTEROIDS COULD BE EFFECTIVE INTREATINGSOME COVID-19 PATIENTS.RESEARCHERS LOOKED AT MORE THAN18- HUNDRED HOSPITALIZEDPATIENTS.140 OF THEM WERE TREATED WITHSTEROIDS... MAINLY PREDNISONE...WITHIN 48HOURS OF ADMISSION.NEARLY ALL HAD A BLOOD TEST TOMEASURE LEVELS OF A PROTEIN MADEINRESPONSE TO INFLAMMATION.IN THOSE WITH HIGH LEVELS OFINFLAMMATION... THEY FOUND...STEROID USEREDUCED THE RISK OF DYING ORBEING PLACED ON A VENTILATOR BY75 PERCENT.BUT THAT RISK INCREASED NEARLY200-PERCENT... IF THEY WEREGIVEN THESTEROID WITH A NORMAL OR LOWLEVEL OF INFLAMMATION.POLICE IN CHILE ARE TRAININGDOGS TO DETECT THE CORONAVIRUS.THESE DOGS HAVE ALREADY BEENWORKING FOR YEARS TO SMELLEXPLOSIVES...AND TRAINERS SAY... THEY JUSTHAVE TO TEACH THEM TO RECOGNIZEA NEWSMELL.WHILE THE CORONAVIRUS ITSELF ISODORLESS... THE DOGS CAN BETRAINED TODETECT A CERTAIN TYPE OF SWEATTHE INFECTION GENERATES.DOGS IN GERMANY... FINLAND...FRANCE AND ENGLAND ARE ALREADYABLE TO DETECT THECORONAVIRUS... EVEN INASYMPTOMATIC PEOPL
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