The symptoms of these children are "multisystem inflammation of influenza symptoms", including high fever, hypotension, rash and dyspnea. Most of them are serious and rare. Some of them are positive for novel coronavirus.
British media report
Several intensive care units in the UK recently
Several cases of children's rare syndrome have been encountered successively
It is suspected that the disease is related to infection with novel coronavirus
The symptoms of these children are "multisystem inflammation of influenza symptoms", including high fever, hypotension, rash and dyspnea. Most of them are serious and rare. Some of them are positive for novel coronavirus.
Currently, there are less than 20 such cases in the UK. Steven Bowes, NHS medical director, said the NHS system had noticed the phenomenon and had asked experts to investigate it urgently.
Europe: rare inflammatory syndrome in children or associated with novel coronavirus
In recent days, pediatricians in Britain and Italy have warned that a rare inflammatory syndrome in children, which has recently emerged in Europe, is likely to be related to the novel coronavirus.
The symptoms of these children are similar to Kawasaki disease, such as high fever, rash, dyspnea and so on. Most of them are seriously ill, and some of them are positive for novel coronavirus.
Kawasaki disease is a systemic vascular inflammatory disease, the most common symptoms are: fever for more than 5 days, swollen lymph nodes in the neck, red eyes, rashes on genital parts, lips, palms or soles of feet, sore throat and diarrhea, peeling off skin on hands and feet, red swollen tongue with strawberry shape, slightly crooked head, which may lead to heart attack and aneurysm in serious cases.
The UK health department said yesterday it was paying close attention to the issue and gathering relevant information. There are currently about 10 to 20 such cases in the UK.
No novel coronavirus pneumonia complicated with Kawasaki disease has been reported in China，on 1/5,2020.
