Since the first cases of COVID-19 in December 2019 were identified in Wuhan, China, it was clear that the virus affected children to a much lesser degree than older people. In the last few months, researchers have found that although children may spread the virus in the same way as adults and even talk to a higher viral load when they are infected, they are less prone to a serious infection than their parents and are many less likely to die. However, this does not mean that children are “immune”. Over the winter, health experts noted that some children showed signs of a rare inflammatory disease similar to the Kawasaki virus, and a new CDC courtesy report found nearly 600 had been hospitalized with them. .
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They were hospitalized with MIS-C
According to the report, from mid-February to July 29, 570 children in 40 states were hospitalized multisystem-inflammatory syndrome in children, as MIS-C, a health condition that causes inflammation in the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes, or gastrointestinal organs. Of the 565 who were tested for COVID, all received a positive result, and the majority – two-thirds – had no pre-existing underlying medical conditions.
“Most cases of MIS-C have characteristics of shock, with cardiac involvement, gastrointestinal symptoms, and significantly increased markers of inflammation,” the CDC explained.
The CDC acknowledges that the condition is difficult to diagnose, and they are not yet sure why COVID is causing it. “We do not yet know what causes MIS-C. However, many children with MIS-C had the virus that causes it. COVID-19, or had been one with COVID-19, “she added.
The first cases were reported in the United Kingdom in April, and made public when 100 children were diagnosed in New York City the following month. Interestingly, the condition seems to affect Black and Hispanic children more than Caucasians. While half of the children in the United States are white, 25% Spanish, and 14% black, only 13% of children were white, with more than 40% Spanish and 33% black.
The signs and symptoms
The most common signs and symptoms reported in the course of the disease were abdominal pain (61.9%), vomiting (61.8%), skin rash (55.3%), diarrhea (53.2%) , hypotension (49.5%), and conjunctival injection (48.4%). In addition, the majority had involvement with gastrointestinal (90.9%), cardiovascular (86.5%), or dermatological or mucocutaneous (70.9%).
A reasonable number of patients also had serious complications, including cardiac dysfunction (40.6%), shock (35.4%), myocarditis (22.8%), dilatation of the coronary artery or aneurysm (18.6%), and acute kidney injury. (18.4%).
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