PARENTS. RIGHT NOW NORTON CHILDREN’S LEADERS SAY 17 KIDS ARE IN THE HOSPITAL WITH COVID-19 THE MOST THEY'V’ HAD EVER AND WITH THE FLU RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER HEALTH OFFICIALS FEAR. THEY WON’T BE ABLE TO PUT A PROPER LID ON THE SPREAD BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WON’T GET TESTED INTHKING THEY JUST HAVE THE COMMON COLD. SINCE MONDAY MORNING PEDIATRICIANS AT NORTON CHILDREN’S MEDICAL GROUP HAVE TREATED 163 POSITIVE CASES OF COVID-19 AMONG SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE LAST MONTH. THEY WERE NEVER MORE TNHA 50 POSITIVE CASES IN THAT AGE GROUP DURING ANY GIVEN WEEK. I REALLY WERE A IN THE COMING MONTHS WHAT WE WILL SEE AS FAR AS MORE OF AN UPTICK, ESPECIALLY IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS. IT’S BECAUSE IN THE COMING MONTHS KIDS WILL BE TRYING TO FEND OFF MORE THAN JUST COVID. TEAM. THEY’RE ALSO GOING TO BE FACED WITH THE SPREAD OFHE T FLU AND COMMON COLDS ILLNESSES THAT NORTON CHILDREN’S DOCTOR HTHEAER FELT IN WORRIES WILL CONFUSE PEOPLE. I CAN’T TELL THE DIFFERENCE EITHER. I'V’ HAD PATIENTS WHO HAVE HEADACHE AND SORE THROAT AND THEN TWO YEARS AGO. I WOULD HAVE SAID WELL, THAT'’ A PATIENT WITH STREP THROAT AND NOW IT COULD ALL BE COVID-19. SHEAY SS EVEN THINGS LIKE WATERY EYES AND SNEEZING. BE ALLERGY SYMPTOMSUT B SOME OF THOSE CASES ARE TURNING OUT TO BE POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 AS WELL AT THIS POINT. I COULDN’T CLEAR ANYBODY TO GO BACK TO WORK OR GO BACK TO SCHOOL OR LEAVE QUARANTINE. I JUST TAKING A HISTORYND A DOING A PHYSICAL EXAM. I WOULD HAVE TO DO A TEST TO BE SURER. D FELNTO IS NOT ENCOURAGING ROUTINE TESTING, BUT SHE’S URGING ANYONE WHO’S UNCERTAIN TO GET TESTED EVEN IF YOU HAVE MILD SYMPTOMS. EVEN IF YOU HEAV SYMPTSOM THAT YOU THINK OH, IT’S PROBABLY ALLERGIES OR SOMETHING ELSE. I DON’T FEEL THAT BAD THE SAFEST THING TO DO WOULD BE TO GET TESTED. WE'R’ NOT GOING WORRY WLKY NEWS AND OF THE 17 KIDSN I NOR
Cold or COVID-19? Health officials urge testing, even if you don't think you have the virus
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Updated: 1:22 PM CDT Aug 22, 2021
Right now, officials at Norton Children's Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, are treating 17 kids with COVID-19, the most they've ever had.Health officials fear they won't be able to put a proper lid on the spread because kids will be trying to fend off more than just COVID-19 in the coming months. They're also going to be faced with the spread of the flu, and the common cold."I can't tell the difference in symptoms," said Dr. Heather Felton, a pediatrician. "I've had patients who have had a headache and sore throat. Two years ago I would've said that's a patient with strep throat, and now it could be COVID."She said even things like watery eyes and sneezing used to be allergy symptoms, but some of those cases are turning out to be positive for COVID-19 as well."At this point, I couldn't clear anybody to go back to work, or go back to school, or leave quarantine by just taking a history and doing a physical exam," Felton said. "I would have to do a test to be sure."Since Monday morning, pediatricians at Norton Children's hospital have treated 163 positive cases of COVID-19 among school-aged children. To put that into perspective, last month, there were never more than 50 positives cases in that age group during any given week.Felton worries the numbers have the potential to get worse because some people won't get tested thinking they just have a common cold."I really worry, in the coming months, what we will see as far as more of an uptick, especially in pediatric patients," she said.Felton is not encouraging routine testing, but she's urging anyone who's uncertain to get tested."Even if you have mild symptoms," she said. "Even if you have symptoms that you think, oh I just have allergies or something else, I don't feel that bad. The safest thing to do would be to get tested."Of the 17 kids in the hospital, three are in the ICU.
Right now, officials at Norton Children's Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, are treating 17 kids with COVID-19, the most they've ever had.
Health officials fear they won't be able to put a proper lid on the spread because kids will be trying to fend off more than just COVID-19 in the coming months. They're also going to be faced with the spread of the flu, and the common cold.
"I can't tell the difference in symptoms," said Dr. Heather Felton, a pediatrician. "I've had patients who have had a headache and sore throat. Two years ago I would've said that's a patient with strep throat, and now it could be COVID."
She said even things like watery eyes and sneezing used to be allergy symptoms, but some of those cases are turning out to be positive for COVID-19 as well.
"At this point, I couldn't clear anybody to go back to work, or go back to school, or leave quarantine by just taking a history and doing a physical exam," Felton said. "I would have to do a test to be sure."
Since Monday morning, pediatricians at Norton Children's hospital have treated 163 positive cases of COVID-19 among school-aged children. To put that into perspective, last month, there were never more than 50 positives cases in that age group during any given week.
Felton worries the numbers have the potential to get worse because some people won't get tested thinking they just have a common cold.
"I really worry, in the coming months, what we will see as far as more of an uptick, especially in pediatric patients," she said.
Felton is not encouraging routine testing, but she's urging anyone who's uncertain to get tested.
"Even if you have mild symptoms," she said. "Even if you have symptoms that you think, oh I just have allergies or something else, I don't feel that bad. The safest thing to do would be to get tested."
Of the 17 kids in the hospital, three are in the ICU.
