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A 14-year-old boy with no underlying health conditions died of a coronavirus-related Kawasaki-like illness.
Doctors who discovered the disease at Evelina London Children’s Hospital saw the first eight cases involving children ages four to 14.
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Two tested positive for coronavirus, including the 14-year-old who died, and four of the eight came from homes with a suspected or confirmed relative who had the virus.
The hospital has now treated more than 40 children for the “hyperinflammatory” disease, after a “cluster” of cases was detected in south-east London.
Kawasaki disease is a rare inflammatory disease that generally affects children under the age of five.
It can cause high temperatures, swelling, and a red rash, and requires immediate hospital treatment.
Hospitals across the country have been alerted to what experts describe as a “new phenomenon” related to the coronavirus.
Dr. Sara Hanna, Evelina’s medical director, who described the time of the outbreak as “suspicious,” said: “We probably saw the first case in mid-March.
“We had an admitted child with something very much like Kawasaki, a bit like something we call toxic shock syndrome.”
“In the past two weeks, we have just seen this group of children where some of them are very much like Kawasaki.”
“They have a high, persistent fever, red eyes, a rash, swelling of the hands and feet.”
Signs of Kawasaki disease include:
- An eruption
- Swollen glands in the neck.
- Dry and chapped lips
- Red fingers or fingers
- Red eyes
Doctors said blood tests were not giving positive results for the virus in children, but that other indicators were “remarkably similar” to those seen in adults with Covid-19.
Antibodies indicating Covid-19 recovery were later found in approximately half of the children.
Several children are still recovering in hospital and some have been released, but similar cases have also been reported north of the river at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Dr. Hanna said it was vital for children to wash their hands regularly and urged parents not to delay seeking medical help if a child becomes ill.
One mother, Hayley Grix, recounted how she followed her instincts and took her three-year-old son Marley to the hospital when she realized that her daughter’s condition was spiraling.
She has recovered since then, but she got very bad with a “roaring temperature,” bright red hands and feet, swollen glands, and bloodshot eyes.
And another mother said her three-year-old son was reduced to a “lifeless zombie” as he battled the terrible symptoms of Kawasaki disease.
Chloe Knight, 22, of Edinburgh, shared the story of little Freddie Merrylees when the NHS issued a warning about the mysterious new condition “related to the coronavirus.”
It comes after Boris Johnson yesterday urged the British public to trust “common sense” by exposing his 50-page roadmap to ease Britain’s coronavirus blockade.
The prime minister yesterday released a lengthy plan for the country to return to school and work without risking a huge wave of infections, but many of the key details are still missing.
Last night he gave a statement describing the three stages of his plan, and yesterday’s document features some of the fine print.
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