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The condition, named by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). USA polyorganic inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), first seen in late April in Britain. They have been reported since cases in 18 US states. USA, including the capital Washington. In New York State alone, around 100 cases and at least three deaths have been reported in children ages 5, 7, and 18. Similar cases have been reported in France and Italy.
“Health professionals who have treated or are treating patients under the age of 21 who meet the MIS-C criteria should notify local health authorities,” the CDC said.
the suspicious symptoms They include high fever (over 38) that persists for more than 24 hours, in the presence of inflammation in at least two organs that require hospitalization, no other obvious diagnosis, but also recent infection or exposure to covid-19 up to four weeks earlier.
Doctors have noticed symptoms similar to those of Kawasaki disease, an inflammatory syndrome affecting young children, the causes of which are unknown. But the incidence of the new disease is high for Kawasaki, so doctors agreed that it was another inflammatory condition.
According to the CDC, “any death of a child infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus” caused by covid-19 should be considered probable due to this inflammatory syndrome.
But doctors are reassuring and emphasize that the syndrome is seldom fatal and that most children recover.
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