At least three children with symptoms of Kawasaki disease tested positive for the coronavirus antibody
The Los Angeles Children's Hospital saw an increase in the diagnosis of Kawasaki syndrome in April.
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At Los Angeles Children's Hospital three children who have symptoms of the kawasaki disease they tested positive antibody test used to detect if a person was infected with the coronavirus.
According to information from the L.A. Hospital, other pediatric centers in New York and the United Kingdom are reporting cases of children suffering what they have called a "pediatric multisystemic inflammatory syndrome”(PIMS), so the experts from the local hospital decided to further study the relationship of these cases with the coronavirus.
Experts @ChildrensLA are seeing a new health condition in some children who have been infected with #coronavirus and recovered. #Kawasaki-like symptoms include abdominal pain, fever etc. If your kid has a fever for several days, call your doctor: https://t.co/EobmmcQ0Bq #PIMS
– Children's Hospital LA (@ChildrensLA) May 8, 2020
According to Los Angeles Children's Hospital, experts saw an increase in the diagnosis of Kawasaki syndrome during the month of April compared to the last two years. Because of this they decided to make serological tests to patients diagnosed with looking to verify the aforementioned relationship with the COVID-19.
Until now three minors gave positive results to the serological antibody test It detects if a person had a recent infection in the body. Cardiology and infectious disease specialists now They are following up on all recent cases that have this diagnosis to test them.
To this strange disease, which causes inflammation in the blood vessels throughout the body, causes excessive sweating of the hands and feet, fever, red eyes and abdominal pain, it is known as kawasaki syndrome.
