Doctors have revealed the most common locations and types of skin rash found in children with a rare coronavirus-related hyperinflammation condition. Named MIS-C, patients were first diagnosed in 2020 after doctors noticed some children developed inflammation in a range of organs after exposure to SARS-CoV-2, with the Centre for Disease Control saying it can be fatal, … Read more
Children who have previously caught the common cold have coronavirus antibodies that prevent them from developing the hyper-inflammatory condition called MIS-C, new research suggests. The rare disease is caused by infection with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the same pathogen responsible for the current COVID-19 pandemic. Research has found the condition, known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in … Read more
The inflammatory condition affecting children during the pandemic is linked to infection with the coronavirus, a peer-reviewed study confirms. Researchers at King’s College London discovered the illness, known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), is different to Kawasaki disease. The disease can manifest itself as a rash, fever and abdominal pain and is connected … Read more