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The child infected with coronavirus was admitted to intensive care because he developed a very rare syndrome, known in the literature as PIMS, multisystem inflammatory syndrome, an extremely rare reaction even in countries where there were thousands of infected children, the doctors explained. from the Gomoiu Hospital in Bucharest.
After the coronavirus infection, the 9-year-11-month-old boy was diagnosed with multisystemic inflammatory syndrome, PIMS as it is known in the literature.
“It is a very rare syndrome even in countries that have had thousands of infected children. This PIMS syndrome is very rare. For example, in France 17 children have been diagnosed, in the United States up to 30 children have been diagnosed with this syndrome.
We do not have to create medical hysteria, it does not mean that any infected child will contract PIMS or Kawasaki.. It is a very rare disease, very rarely mentioned in the literature even in countries with thousands of infected children, ”said the doctors at the hospital where the child is hospitalized.
This syndrome can also be caused by other viruses, not just SARS-VOC-2, but given epidemiological research, this connection was made, the doctors added.
“The child is in a stable state for the better. He is not intubated, but is dependent on oxygen, as multisystem damage has affected all of his organs., being the most important effects on the lungs and the heart. Absolutely all the organs are affected by this hyperinflammation ”, said the doctors.
They stressed that they had never had a case like this in the hospital, the only one in Romania, but stated that they did not need help from outside: “As long as we have a multidisciplinary team in the hospital and we have a professional ATI team and we dominate the case, the institutes help us
The boy had no medical history.
The minor arrived for the first time a week ago at the Buzău Hospital Emergency Department with a headache and fever. His parents are infected with the SARS – CoV – 2 virus. They tested him for COVID, but the result was negative, and the doctors suspected that he had meningoencephalitis and transferred him to the Gomoiu Hospital in the Capital, where he was a repeat offender. . This time, the result was positive.
However, after the infection, she developed a rare syndrome: multisystem inflammatory syndrome. For this reason, the boy was transferred to intensive care. His condition is stable, he does not need breathing devices, but his lungs have been affected.
Publisher: Georgiana Marina
