Kids Aren’t Spared From the Coronavirus. A New Inflammatory Condition in Children is on the Rise.

Fevers, rashes, nausea and other less-visible symptoms point to the mysterious Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome apparently related to the coronavirus.

By Leslie Nemo
May 22, 2020 6:16 PMNov 3, 2020 5:08 PM
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Children have started arriving at hospitals with a distinct set of symptoms during the pandemic.

The condition is rare — about 150 kids in New York City seem to have it, for example — and strange. Few patients test positive for COVID-19, and only some of them have trouble breathing, which has been a hallmark of those fighting a particularly bad COVID-19 infection. Instead, these young patients arrive feverish, rashy, nauseous and with a host of other less-visible symptoms that often resemble Kawasaki disease.

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