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- Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children related to symptoms and complications of COVID-19
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- What is the known risk of COVID-19 to children so far?
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The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a warning about the emergence of rare conditions related to COVID-19 symptoms in children.
The risk of severe symptoms when infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus is said to occur in people with comorbidities and elderly people. But children without comorbidities can also experience dangerous COVID-19 symptoms, one of which is due to multisystem inflammation syndrome or what is known as Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C).
How does multisystem inflammatory syndrome affect children infected with COVID-19?
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children related to symptoms and complications of COVID-19
This multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children is a serious disease that has recently been recognized and is thought to be closely related to infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This syndrome appears to be a delayed complication of COVID-19 infection, but not all children with MIS-C symptoms have tested positive for COVID-19.
Thursday (3/9), the CDC said it had received 729 reports of cases related to the rare condition of the multisystem inflammatory syndrome. The majority of these rare cases occur in children who have tested positive for COVID-19, which is 783 or 99 percent of the total cases. The rest occurs in children who have had close contact with a positive patient with COVID-19.
"This MIS-C is a new syndrome," wrote the CDC in its written report.
"There is still a lot to know why most children experience these symptoms after they have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 or have had close contact with COVID-19 patients, but some are not (not related to COVID-19)," he continued.
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This multisystem inflammatory syndrome causes inflammation of the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes, or digestive organs.
Some of the other symptoms are similar to those of Kawasaki syndrome, namely:
- Rash on many parts of his body
- Red eyes, swollen hands and feet
- Dry lips
- Swollen tongue that looks like a strawberry
- Neck pain due to enlarged lymph nodes in the neck
Because it attacks the digestive system, this multisystem inflammatory syndrome also usually shows symptoms of diarrhea, vomiting, swelling of the stomach, or abdominal pain.
The United States Pediatrician Association said, because information about this disease is still very new, not all symptoms associated with this syndrome are known and recorded. The condition of the symptoms may differ from one child to another.
The main thing to pay attention to. Children with this multisystem inflammatory syndrome have a fever of at least 37.8 degrees Celsius for at least 24 hours and are proven to have inflammation in at least two organs of the body.
Respiratory symptoms that generally occur in patients with COVID-19 infection may or may not appear in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.
Cause
The causes of MIS-C are not fully understood and are currently being actively studied by several hospitals and agencies in the United States and in other countries.
Some researchers at Boston Children's Hospital suspect that MIS-C is caused by a delayed immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Somehow the immune response is exaggerated and causes inflammation that damages the organs.
There is also the possibility that the immune reaction that children make to the virus is related to genetic factors.
Even though MIS-C is a serious symptom related to COVID-19 in children, the CDC said that overall infections in children still tend to be milder than COVID-19 in the elderly.
Only a small proportion of children appear to have signs and symptoms of MIS-C, and most recover quickly.
What is the known risk of COVID-19 to children so far?
After a child is diagnosed with MIS-C, he or she needs constant monitoring of the level of inflammation, blood clotting, liver function, and other aspects of the disease.
Your child should also have an echocardiogram (check for heart conditions) to evaluate their heart and blood vessels.
The doctors said the health of patients affected by multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) should be monitored for the next few years, especially the condition of their heart health.
"With symptoms similar to Kawasaki disease, it is feared that this syndrome puts children at risk of developing coronary heart problems in the future which can lead to early heart attacks," Dr. Michael Bell, head of medicine and critical care at Children's National Hospital, United States.
