Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C) is a rare condition in which various parts of the body are affected, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, and skin. Also, the eyes or organs of the gastrointestinal tract become inflamed.
MIS-C most commonly appears four to six weeks after being infected with COVID-19. The rise in US incidence follows the outbreak of the Delta coronavirus this summer.
Doctors note that the syndrome can cause serious conditions in children and turn out potentially fatal. True, according to the CDC, most children diagnosed with this diagnosis recover with medical attention.
In the United States, there have been 46 confirmed deaths from MIS-C and 5,217 confirmed cases of MIS-C. At the same time, about 61% of reported cases of the disease occurred in children of Hispanic origin or blacks. It is also noted that most often the disease is encountered children between the ages of 6 and 11.
Coronavirus in the United States has been confirmed in 5.9 million children, with only 0.0009% MIS-C infection. However, between July and August, the average number of daily MIS-C cases nearly doubled.
The publication reports that many pediatric hospitals in the United States have reported a spike in MIS-C in recent months.
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