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A total of 15 children, many of whom were previously infected with the new coronavirus, were recently hospitalized in New York with a syndrome that doctors still don’t fully understand, according to health officials, cited by The New York Times. The problem is a “mysterious” syndrome It has already been registered in different countries affected by the pandemic: in Portugal, the General Directorate of Health says that there is a pediatric case that can fit the descriptions that come from abroad.
According to the American newspaper, many of the children, aged between two and 15 years, have symptoms associated with toxic shock or Kawasaki disease, A rare disease of the blood vessels. None of the children hospitalized in New York died. It is still unclear if there are more children in the United States with the same condition, as New York is considered the epicenter of the nation’s pandemic.
Previously, the Observer explained that Kawasaki disease normally affects the coronary veins, which carry blood to the heart, and the glands in children under the age of five. Most patients recover and have no sequelae, but More serious cases can develop heart problems. The first to report this clinical picture were the Spanish, the British and the Italians.
