1. Detrimental Results of COVID-19 Fear to Child Health
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Ebru Azapağası, Emine Gulsah Torun, Saliha Senel, Mutlu Uysal Yazici, and Bilge Akkaya
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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,business.industry ,Transmission (medicine) ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Outbreak ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,Child health ,03 medical and health sciences ,Health problems ,0302 clinical medicine ,030225 pediatrics ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Exaggeration ,Medicine ,Anxiety ,030212 general & internal medicine ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Psychiatry ,media_common - Abstract
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its consequences have led to fear and anxiety among individuals worldwide. The risk of coronavirus transmission frightens people more than any other health problem they face. Parents have concerns about being infected with COVID-19 and delay accessing hospitals even in an emergency which can be very detrimental to child health. Here, in this article, we would like to present eight patients delayed in admission to the hospital to draw attention to the harmful consequences of COVID-19 fear in the community. Although anxiety and fear are encouraging to take necessary precautions, exaggeration of these emotions may cause greater health problems.
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- 2020
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