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Covid and Kawasaki Symptoms
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- Children with Covid-19 infections have found with symptoms of rare disease – Kawasaki around the World, including India
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- Few symptoms (not all) of kawasaki such as rashes and inflammation found in children while other symptoms are absent
- WHO called this new illness ‘multisystem inflammatory disorder’.
- Kawasaki Disease
(1) It basically found in children, particularly under 5
(2) Symptoms include red eyes, rashes, and a swollen tongue with reddened lips and an inflamed blood vessel system all over the body.
(3) Children experience fever for at least 5 days
(4) It also affects coronary functions in the heart
(5) Causes of this disease are unknown
- Link with Covid-19
(1) Symptoms - rashes and high fever like Kawasaki are present but other like red eyes, red tongue are not present
(2) Sometimes heart is swollen, but coronary function is not affected
(3) inflammation, abdominal pain, diarrhoea are common
(4) Sometimes, children who are covid negative witnessed these symptoms
- Steroids remain a key treatment to reduce inflammation.