UPDATE: At least 85 kids across U.S. have developed rare, mysterious COVID-19-linked illness.
The newly identified syndrome appears to be the result of a child's immune system's going into overdrive after a COVID-19 infection. However, it's still too soon to pin all of the cases on the coronavirus. Some patients have tested negative.
Children can have high fevers, severe diarrhea, rash and often red eyes or conjunctivitis. But"the feature that's been most concerning is that they have problems with their heart function," John said. Kawasaki disease"puts kids at risk for having coronary problems later in childhood, which can cause premature heart attacks," Bell said."We have seen patients with COVID-related disease that looked [like] Kawasaki have these coronary artery abnormalities."
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