Studies from Cardiff and Vale University Health Board reveal that vomiting and diarrhea have been prevalent among schoolchildren days ahead of cough and other changes to the kids’ sense of smell and taste.
Experts studied over 1,000 children in the UK including 182 from the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales, as per reports from Wales Online.
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Of this number, around 7% have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and more than half of the children were asymptomatic.
During the study, experts found out that gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea and vomiting were very common among those who were later found out to have contracted the virus.
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“Gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea and vomiting could be a sign that they are infected with the disease and must now consider the value of refining the testing criteria for children to include these symptoms,” said Pediatric research nurse specialist Zoe Morrison.
She adds: “Thanks to this study we now better understand the prevalence of Covid-19 in children after the first wave of the pandemic, and know that while the majority of children with Covid-19 will display no symptoms.
