{"id":2177,"date":"2025-01-18T16:59:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T16:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/18\/ask-a-doctor-when-children-show-covid-flu-symptoms-expert-urges\/"},"modified":"2025-01-18T16:59:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T16:59:44","slug":"ask-a-doctor-when-children-show-covid-flu-symptoms-expert-urges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/18\/ask-a-doctor-when-children-show-covid-flu-symptoms-expert-urges\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ask a doctor\u2019 when children show Covid, flu symptoms expert urges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1259063\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/children_doctor_hospital_pediatricians_AP-320x200.jpg?v=1680633849\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/children_doctor_hospital_pediatricians_AP.jpg?v=1680633848\" alt=\"\u2018Ask a doctor\u2019 when children show Covid, flu symptoms expert urges\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/children_doctor_hospital_pediatricians_AP-960x600.jpg?v=1680633849\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[AP]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Parents should not rely on the results of self-testing kits when their children are showing symptoms of Covid or the flu, as these infections often go hand-in-hand with other germs that can cause pneumonia, Athanasios Michas, an expert in pediatrics and epidemiology, warned on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are many bacteria and viruses in our noses and throats, which often work off each other with a multiplying effect,\u201d he told AMNA.<\/p>\n<p>Noting that there are numerous respiratory infections going around right now and are expected to persist until mid-March, Michas, however, also urged parents not to rush their children to hospital with the first signs of illness, but to contact a pediatrician for instructions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/in-depth\/society-in-depth\/1259063\/ask-a-doctor-when-children-show-covid-flu-symptoms-expert-urges\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[AP] Parents should not rely on the results of self-testing kits when their children are showing symptoms of Covid or the flu, as these infections often go hand-in-hand with other germs that can cause pneumonia, Athanasios Michas, an expert in pediatrics and epidemiology, warned on Saturday. \u201cThere are many bacteria and viruses in our noses &#8230; 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