The CDC has just confirmed this rare syndrome that striking children are related to Covid-19
A new report, the CCC courtesy reveals that nearly 600 children were hospitalized.
Given that the first cases of COVID-19 were identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, it was clear that the virus affects much fewer children than the elderly. In recent months, researchers have established that, while children may be able to broadcast the virus in the same way to adults and may even have a higher viral load when they are infected, they are less prone to Serious infection as their elders and are much less likely to die. However, this does not mean that children are "immune". During the winter, health experts noted that some children had signs of a rare inflammatory disease similar to the Kawasaki virus and a new CDC statement reveals that nearly 600 were hospitalized.
They were hospitalized with MIS-C
According toreportfrom mid-February to 29 July, 570 children in 40 states were hospitalized withMultisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C, a state of health that causes inflammation in the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes or gastrointestinal organs. Of the 565 that have been tested for COVID, all received a positive result and two-thirds of the majority did not have pre-existing underlying medical conditions.
"Most MISC cases have shock characteristics, with cardiac involvement, gastrointestinal symptoms and significantly high inflammation markers," explains the CDC.
The CDC admits that the condition is difficult to diagnose, and they still do not know why Covid cause it. "We do not know yet what causes Mal-c. However, many children with MIS-C have had the virus that causesCOVID-19 [Feminine, or had been around someone with Covid-19, "he added.
The first cases were reported in the United Kingdom at the end of April, winning an advertisement when 100 children were diagnosed in New York the following month. Interestingly, the condition seems to affect black and Hispanic children more than Caucasians. While half of the children in the United States are white, 25% Hispanic and 14% black, only 13% of children with her were white, with more than 40 hispanic and 33% black.
Signs and symptoms
The most common signs and symptoms reported during the disease of the disease were abdominal pain (61.9%), vomiting (61.8%), rashes (55.3%), diarrhea (53 , 2%), hypotension (49.5%) and conjunctive injection (48.4%). In addition, the majority had gastrointestinal (90.9%), cardiovascular (86.5%), dermatological or mucous participation (70.9%).
A fair amount of patients also undergone serious complications, including cardiac dysfunction (40.6%), shock (35.4%), myocarditis (22.8%), the dilation of the coronary artery or the Aneurysm (18.6%) and acute renal injury (18.4%).
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