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While children who contract coronavirus are mostly asymptomatic, they can develop within three to four weeks of their recovery. Mis-C syndrome, a multi-organ inflammation that can affect children between the ages of three and twelve.

It is a syndrome which “simulates Kawasaki disease -a rare childhood disease that inflames the blood vessels- but which is much more aggressive, he explained to the Ansa Latina Agency Dr Francesco La Torre, a reference in the Puglia region, in the south of Italy.

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La Torre pointed out that in Italy there were so far “130 cases of children with Mis-C syndrome and 30% of them ended up in intensive care“In Bari, the capital of Puglia, they managed to prevent an unfavorable development in the case of a 3-year-old boy, who had received 48 hours previously, along with cortisone.

Therefore the Argentinian Society of Pediatrics (SAP) in a study published last February, based on two cases of critically ill patients. “Its course is potentially serious and may present with cardiovascular insufficiency.; mortality is low (2%) ”, explains the entity.

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This syndrome requires treatment with immunoglobulins followed by cortisone for three days before switching to Anakirna.

According to the SAP, “the initial reports limited to the pediatric field present mortality between 0.1% and 4%, with a severe clinical presentation similar to that of adult patients with 2019 coronavirus disease, characterized by acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and multiple organ failure, primarily in patients with co-morbidities “.

Symptoms of Mis-C syndrome

the Mis-C syndrome It is a multi-organ inflammation that often affects the heart. Some of the symptoms that distinguish Kawasaki Mis-C syndrome are persistent fever and abdominal pain.

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Also, children have conjunctivitis (red eyes), spots on the body (which can have different shapes) e inflammation of the oral cavity.

According to the Argentine Pediatric Society, it can also manifest in children who suffer from fatigue and odynophagia (pain when swallowing), so when faced with these symptoms, it is important to see a doctor.