Since the beginning of the pandemic, it has been observed that the impact of the emerging corona virus on children is often slight, unlike adults, who have claimed the lives of millions of them. But why does the virus not have serious complications on the child's body in most cases? A new study answers this question
A new study recently published showed that children are less susceptible to serious complications of corona - compared to adults - due to what scientists call innate immunity. This type of immunity may make children's bodies more able to resist the Corona virus and ward off its complications.
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Since the start of the pandemic, scientists have been puzzled about the reason why children are less affected by the health complications of the Corona virus, so this study comes with the scientific answer that explains what is happening.
What is meant by innate immunity?
The body has more than one line of immune defense that gradually plays different roles while trying to ward off infections and diseases. In the beginning, the innate immunity, which includes mucus in the nose and throat, traps germs entering the body, in addition to coordinating the ways of the initial response of the immune system to an infection. This immune line reacts to any suspicious pattern that may be detected, even if the immune system has not previously been exposed to or dealt with.
After that, the adaptive immunity begins to show its immune reaction slowly to act as a second line of defense, and this includes B and T cells. This immune line often targets pathogens based on its memories of it, which it has been encountering before at some age to target the pathogen's weaknesses. trying to destroy it.
In children and in contrast to adults, the immune molecules generated specifically by the activity of innate immunity are more dominant, which improves the ability of the child's body to resist many types of infections to which it has not previously been exposed, including the Corona virus.
Is innate immunity in children sings for vaccination?
In light of the general lack of children around the world affected by the complications of the emerging corona virus, many parents around the world have expressed their unwillingness to subject their children to vaccinations, and for this particular reason, the proportion of children who have received the corona vaccine around the world is still small compared to adults.
Although the majority of cases of infection with the emerging corona virus among children resulted in the appearance of only slight symptoms or no symptoms in the first place, children are not completely immune to the virus, as deaths or cases that necessitated the admission of children to hospitals due to infection with the virus were also recorded. The new Corona virus, and the number of Corona virus infections witnessed a remarkable rise with the spread of the Omicron mutated, starting from the beginning of this year.
Therefore, experts recommend giving children who are eligible to receive vaccines the Corona virus vaccine at the earliest opportunity, especially children with certain diseases that may make them more vulnerable than others to serious complications of Corona, as vaccines remain the main line of defense against the current Corona pandemic.
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