CHARACTERISTICS OF POST-COVID SYNDROME IN CHILDREN

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This article presents information on the neurological features of children in the post-COVID period. Post-COVID syndrome (PCS) is a symptom complex that occurs during and after COVID-19, lasting more than 12 weeks, and is not the result of another disease. Clinical manifestations of PCS are diverse, and under their mask, either the debut or exacerbation of chronic organic pathology triggered by the virus may be hidden. PCS is a diagnosis of exclusion. The main manifestations of PCS include: autonomic dysregulation, cognitive and psycho-emotional disorders, and impairments of the respiratory, cardiovascular, and digestive systems. The direct pathogenetic factors of the main neurological manifestations of PCS are persistent cerebral hypoperfusion, hypoxia, and hypoxemia, which lead to energy deficits in neuronal structures, metabolic disturbances, as well as virus-induced structural damage to cortical neurons and subcortical structures of the brain.