GASTROINTESTINAL CLINIC IN PEDIATRIC PATIENT AFFECTED BY COVID-19:PRESENTATION OF A CASE

Victor Hugo Duenas Zhamungui; Monica Alexandra Costales Logrono; Danny Miguel Pillajo Llanga; Michelle Estefania Ruiz Coello; Yadira Estefania Pillajo Llanga

Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2020

GASTROINTESTINAL CLINIC IN PEDIATRIC PATIENT AFFECTED BY COVID-19:PRESENTATION OF A CASE

Victor Hugo Duenas Zhamungui, Monica Alexandra Costales Logrono, Danny Miguel Pillajo Llanga, Michelle Estefania Ruiz Coello, Yadira Estefania Pillajo Llanga

Abstract :

On December 31, 2019, the People�s Republic of China, specifically the Wuhan Municipality, disclosed a group of pneumonia cases of unknown etiology. As several investigations were carried out, the etiological agent, a new coronavirus, became known.1 Coronaviruses are viruses that have already affected humans, some are endemic worldwide and can cause up to 10% to 30% of infections at the level of the upper respiratory tract. In the years 2002 and 2012, respectively, we suffered two epidemics worldwide that were caused by these viruses: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), both of which arose from animals. The 2019 coronavirus (SARS CoV-2) is a new virus, specifically betacoronavirus, which belongs to the subgenus sarbecovirus, and a subfamily of Orthocoronavirinae, and the disease it produces is named Covid-19.2 On May 15, 2020, the WHO released a scientific report that reports to various groups of children and adolescents in Europe and North America admitted to intensive care units affected by a multisystemic inflammatory picture of typologies analogous to Kawasaki disease and the syndrome. of toxic shock. In Ecuador until the first day of the month of July 2020, a total of 37 diagnoses of multisystemic inflammatory syndrome have been reported, which has affected children and adolescents, all associated with the new coronavirus, Covid-193 For all the aforementioned, the case of a pediatric patient affected by Covid-19 is presented, who presented gastrointestinal symptoms and after treatment, overcomes this table. Objective Describe as the exclusive gastrointestinal clinic, is a form of presentation of Covid-19 infection in children. Methodology This is a systematic review of Covid-19 infection associated with gastrointestinal symptoms in children; emphasizing its clinical, laboratory and imaging characteristics. The information and images obtained belong to the medical personnel in charge of the case, whose reinforcements rest on the statistical package Excel, Word and JPG.