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https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/health/coronavirus/kawasaki-disease-covid-19/507-8ba7c660-cfad-49d9-9ec0-c56ed2d7ca55Physicians have called the new symptoms 'Pediatric Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome' as its a combination of features.
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Author: Mauricio Chamberlin
Published: 5:18 PM CDT May 15, 2020
Updated: 5:18 PM CDT May 15, 2020
As cases of a Kawasaki-like COVID-19 in children started to emerge in the U.S., we contacted the experts to explain these new symptoms.
Lots of info at link.
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)so less exposure to things. I wonder why it is targeting this group, specifically.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Not as developed nervous systems, or more vulnerable in that way?
Not sure, but this is terrifying!
Crunchy Frog
(26,579 posts)kids seem to get it after they recover from Covid-19 infections.
It likely has something to do with the way their immune systems function.
marybourg
(12,621 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)I think I read that Kawasaki, historically, has been known to be occur with or after viral infection(s).
So could very well be a response to the antibodies.
Crunchy Frog
(26,579 posts)than to the viral infection itself.
That's one reason why I'm wary about an overly hasty production of a Trump vaccine.
There's just so much that we still don't understand about this virus.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Too many unknowns!
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)It could be COVID presents symptoms common to Kawasaki. We need more data.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)bamagal62
(3,256 posts)We were in Hong Kong during SARS and my son was 5. In the month or so before the alarm was sounded about SARS, my son had a weird virus that presented itself as Kawasaki Disease. It was never confirmed. He had fever and the rashes on his hands and feet among other symptoms. I never thought anything about it until now. When you live in Asia kids get weird intestinal and respiratory viruses all the time. So, of course, we thought nothing of it.