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NEW DELHI: The current wave of Covid-19 is sparing no one. City hospitals say they are getting infants as young as eight months old with severe symptoms of the disease, including persistent fever and pneumonia, necessitating admission. Earlier, it was believed that Covid-19 in children was mostly harmless and moderate to severe symptoms, if any, were rare.
“We have eight children admitted to the hospital with severe symptoms of Covid-19 presently. One of them is eight months old. The others are also less than 12 years in age. They have high fever, pneumonia, dehydration and loss of taste, among others,” Dr Suresh Kumar, the medical director of Lok Nayak Hospital, told TOI.
Coronavirus hits Indian children with severe symptoms, say doctors
9 hours ago A health worker takes nasal swab sample from a child to test for the COVID-19 in New Delhi. File In what should worry Indian parents the most, an increasing number of children are now being infected with COVID-19 along with serious symptoms in the ongoing lethal second wave. The city-based doctors on Thursday urged parents not to take their kids out and expose them to the virus.
Earlier, the coronavirus showed very mild or no effect in children. However, in its second run, the virus is turning out to be much severe for both children as well as adults under 45.
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Multiple myeloma and what the treatment entails
Fri, Apr 9 2021 16:03 IST |
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Multiple myeloma and what the treatment entails.(Photo:IANSLIFE). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 9 : Multiple myeloma is a complex disease. It is a type of blood cancer which is rare, and males are more likely to develop multiple myeloma than females. It is also termed as Kahler s disease.
Plasma cells which are a type of white blood cells produce antibodies that fight infections in our body. Due to multiple myeloma, these plasma cells start multiplying in an abnormal way. In multiple myeloma, cancerous plasma cells cumulate in the bone marrow and crowd out the healthy blood cells in our bones. The cancer cells prevent the production of helpful antibodies and instead, produce abnormal proteins that often lead to low blood counts, impairing the body s ability to fight off infection.