Pneumonia, myocarditis, multisystem inflammatory syndrome - what Michigan doctors see in kids with COVID-19 - FOX 2 Detroit

"Where I work, we have seen children develop serious and life-threatening illness due to Covid in three ways," said Dr.

"First, we have seen children develop serious and life-threatening Covid pneumonia.

We have also had children develop myocarditis or heart inflammation that causes serious heart dysfunction due to a Covid infection.".

This syndrome can occur in children around four weeks after their initial Covid infection.," she added.

On top of the physical health problems, she's also seen both parents and children develop forms of post-traumatic stress disorder following a visit to the hospital.

According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, the pneumonia that takes hold due to COVID-19 causes air sacs in both lungs to fill with fluid, which limits oxygen intake.

But the pneumonia associated with COVID-19 can be a lot more severe.

A study out of Northwestern published this week found the differences between pneumonia and pneumonia associated with Covid starts when the virus enters the lungs.

The data backs up the assertion made by health officials that an adolescent who contracts COVID-19 is much more likely to develop heart inflammation than someone who gets vaccinated against the virus. 

Sometimes shortened to MIS-C, multisystem inflammatory syndrome also deals with inflammation of the heart and lungs, as well as other organs like the kidneys, brain, skin, eyes, or gastrointestinal organs.