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A YOUNG child was admitted to intensive care while battling a deadly disease believed to be related to the coronavirus in children.
Seven-year-old Logan Walsh was diagnosed with pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome six weeks after beating Covid-19, his mother said.
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The disease, also known as PIMS-TS or PIMS, has been observed in some children who developed a systemic inflammatory response after contracting Covid-19.
It appears to be related to the coronavirus because most children who have PIMS previously had the virus or tested positive for antibodies, which means they had Covid-19 before, according to The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).
The boy and his mother, Jessica Walsh, contracted Covid-19 in November, but Logan didn’t initially show any symptoms.
However, six weeks later, 43-year-old Jessica called emergency services after her son began vomiting and had a fever, Chronicle Live reports.
Logan’s condition was initially dismissed as a stomach problem, Jessica said.
But by December 16, he began to feel worse – his hands and feet began to swell and a rash began to appear.
STEROID TREATMENT
Then his mother called an ambulance after consulting with the GP.
Jessica said paramedics were concerned that Logan had not been to the bathroom for more than 12 hours.
The mother was told to take the child to the ER if he had not gone to the bathroom at night.
Later, Logan was transferred to Leeds General Infirmary, where the family met a specialist who diagnosed the boy with PIMS-TS.
Jessica said: “The specialist said that he had treated many children with this disease during the course of the pandemic, and Logan began treatment for PIMS-TS immediately.
“It was a form of steroid treatment and we had to stay for seven days.”
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Logan was transferred to the ICU after developing a heart murmur, defined by the British Heart Foundation as an unexpected or unusual sound that can be heard in his heart through a stethoscope.
The seven-year-old boy’s body began to swell as he tried to heal, but his condition slowly improved.
Jessica said her son was released from the hospital and came home on Christmas Day.
However, he said Logan is “on a mountain of drugs” and has several medical appointments in the coming weeks.
The mother said: “It will take a long time to make a full recovery – everyone should take this pandemic seriously and be aware of the conditions it can lead to.”
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Another family went through a similar experience when their five-year-old daughter fell ill within weeks of beating Covid-19.
Piers Roberts said little Scarlett was fit and well “six weeks before she suddenly suffered multi-organ failure.
His aunt, June, also shared the heartbreaking image of the five-year-old connected to a fan.
She wrote on Twitter: “This is my five-year-old great-niece. She was fit and healthy until a mild Covid-19 attack five weeks ago from which she seemed to recover.
“Now he is in ICU with an inflammatory response from Kawasaki.
“She is disconnected from the ventilator but has developed heart problems.”
WHAT IS PIMS-TS?
- PIMS-TS was first reported in April, after young patients needed intensive care after severe inflammation of the body.
- Inflammation is a normal response of the body’s immune system to fight infection.
- But sometimes the immune system can get overloaded and start attacking the whole body.
- The inflammation can spread to the blood vessels, especially those around the heart.
- If left untreated, inflammation can cause tissue damage, organ failure, or even death.
- Some symptoms include: rash, abdominal symptoms such as stomach pain, diarrhea, vomiting, high fever for more than three days.
- PIMS appears to be related to COVID-19 because most of the children had the virus or tested positive for antibodies, indicating that they had been infected.
- This syndrome is very rare and most children will not be seriously affected.
Experts are conducting research to try to understand more, but are confident that PIMS-TS could be related to Covid-19.
Dr Liz Whittaker, a pediatrician who has treated some of the cases in London, said that most of the children had tested negative for Covid-19 when they arrived at the hospital.
But they all had positive antibodies to the virus, suggesting that they became infected sometime in the past few weeks.
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She added: “The new condition, PIMS, is extremely rare, but it can make a child seriously ill, so it is important to characterize the disease appropriately so that we can provide close follow-up and the best treatment.
“For parents concerned about their children, I urge you to follow your usual instincts; what usually prompts you to visit your GP or ER with your child still applies here.”
In the UK, the total number of people testing positive for Covid-19 is 2,599,789, and 74,570 Covid-related deaths were reported.
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