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[quote=Anonymous]No, it's not just 15 kids. That's just NYC. It's showing up all over the country, as well as in Europe. It also has a long subacute phase (up to 6 weeks) and is a presentation that may be particularly hard to pick up as a diagnosis, especially given that parents are reluctant to bring children in for evaluation unless symptoms are serious.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/children-covid-19-experiencing-symptoms-similar-kawasaki-disease/story?id=70393379

[quote]In less than 24 hours, Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C., admitted several children with COVID-19 who are also experiencing a constellation of symptoms that resemble "Kawasaki disease," a rare inflammatory syndrome typically affecting children under the age of 5.

On Wednesday, a representative from Children's National Hospital said the children exhibited “Kawasaki-like characteristics," joining a growing number of hospitals in the U.S. and U.K. that have reported similar cases. The representative has since confirmed that one of these children was officially diagnosed with Kawasaki disease. Symptoms of the disease include fever, rash, eye irritation, swollen lymph nodes and/or swelling of the hands and feet.

The disease- has been linked to COVID-19 in some children, but the exact cause remains a medical mystery.

These American cases are raising new concerns of a new global pattern emerging of critically ill children with COVID-19.[/quote]

About 20-25% of kids with untreated Kawasaki-like syndromes will have serious cardiac outcomes, such as childhood heart attacks. But if treated, the outcomes are really good. Treatment involves aspirin and IV blood products.

This is not a cause for panic. It's good reason to maintain social distancing for children, minimize exposures, and be cautious about assuming the virus is not a problem for kids and that children's outcomes don't need to be factored into plans for phased reopenings. [/quote]

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