Parents should know about multi-system inflammation (MIS-C) in children caused by the new crown outbreak.
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Last Update: 2020-07-19
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, June 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --- Multisystem Inflammation Syndrome (MIS-C) is a disease that includes swelling of organs including the heart, lungs and kidneysThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that many children with MIS-C are infected with the new coronavirus or have been in close contact with people with the new coronavirusdoctors familiar with the case say every major children's hospital in Texas has been diagnosed with the syndromeSince the start of the new coronavirus, five children have been treated with MIS-C at the Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort WorthAll the patients have now been discharged from the hospitalThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there have been cases of mis-C deaths in children, but most of the cases have improved(photo:one of the factors that put children at greater risk, including incomplete researchEarly indications are that children of Afro-Caribbean descent are at increased risk, but there is still much to be saidinfectious disease doctor, Dr Nicholas Rister, said the risk factors for the syndrome could not be determined at this timeFour of the patients treated were between the ages of 6 and 14At least one patient with the syndrome was treated in the hospital's paediatric intensive care unitRister says children with inflammatory syndrome exhibit symptoms similar to severe cases of Kawasaki diseaseKawasaki disease is a disease that causes inflammation in blood vessels and is thought to be secondary after infection subsidespatients develop MIS-C symptoms after infection with COVID-19, including fever, abdominal pain and inflammation, which manifests itself as a diffuse rash, conjunctivitis and swellingIn more severe cases, multiple organ dysfunctions, including respiratory distress, low blood pressure, liver and kidney damage, and changes in mental state can occur(Bio Valley Bioon.com) source: What parents need to know about an tron yr yshing a link to novel coronavirus
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