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By ELEANOR HAYWARD 
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London – Almost 100 children in the UK have suffered from a life-threatening inflammatory syndrome related to coronavirus.
Experts believe that some children have a “delayed immune response” that leaves them seriously ill for four to five days a month after becoming infected with the virus.
The condition, called pediatric multisystemic inflammatory syndrome, has been reported in approximately 100 children in New York State, the New York Times reported.
Last month NHS England alerted GPs to the syndrome, which causes sepsis-like symptoms and killed a 14-year-old London boy.
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Russell Viner, president of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health, said that so far between 75 and 100 children in the UK have been treated for the syndrome.
“We cannot prove that it is caused by Covid, but it would be extremely strange if it were not linked to it,” he added.
Some experts say the cases are likely to be the “tip of the iceberg,” but Professor Viner emphasized that it is very rare.
Dr Liz Whittaker of Imperial College London said that children affected by the new syndrome experience high fever, severe abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Some have a rash and red eyes and lips, and a small number develop shock and need intensive care. Those affected were between 5 and 15 years old.
The symptoms are similar to Kawasaki disease, a rare disease that triggers inflammation in the walls of the blood vessels and can lead to aneurysms and heart attacks.
Most of the children tested negative for coronavirus when they were admitted to the hospital, but antibody tests showed that they had previously had the disease.
Dr. Whittaker said, “The peak we are seeing in children with this pediatric inflammatory syndrome is several weeks after the Covid-19 peak across the country.”
Professor Viner said the syndrome is “exceptionally rare” and should not prevent children from returning to school.
A study in The Lancet on Wednesday revealed that a small number of children in Italy and the United States have also been affected by the disease.
Daily mail
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