MIS-C is a rare but dangerous illness striking children weeks after they get COVID-19 - here's what

[TexasTowelie]

MIS-C is a rare but dangerous illness striking children weeks after they get COVID-19 – here’s what we know about it


While most children who get COVID-19 develop little more than a mild illness, several hundred have ended up in hospital intensive care units with alarming symptoms that begin appearing weeks after the initial infection.

This new condition progresses rapidly and can strike multiple organs and systems, including the heart, lungs, eyes, skin and gastrointestinal system. It’s known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C. More than 790 U.S. cases had been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as of Sept. 3, and 16 of those children have died.

I have been consulting on MIS-C cases as a pediatrician who specializes in infectious diseases. There is still a lot we don’t know about this illness. Treatments that have worked on similar illnesses have helped most of these children get better, but it’s too soon to say if there will be long-term consequences.

A new international review of MIS-C cases offers a sketch of how this rare and troubling illness is affecting children. Among the findings: Even children who were asymptomatic have developed MIS-C. Half the young patients had no underlying medical conditions. And many of the patients’ hearts appeared normal on their initial echocardiograms but quickly weakened within days.

Read more: https://theconversation.com/mis-c-is-a-rare-but-dangerous-illness-striking-children-weeks-after-they-get-covid-19-heres-what-we-know-about-it-145673

[Buckeye_Democrat]

1. We might end up with an entire generation...

... complaining about their disabilities and aches from corona-this and corona-that, in the future.