Doctors in the United Kingdom are seeing a terrifying new condition in children who are possibly sick with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, Business Insider reports.
Since the coronavirus pandemic, pediatricians in the U.K. have noticed an increase in children turning up with Multisystem Inflammatory State, a condition that is so severe that it requires treatment in the Intensive Care Unit.
As ScienceDirect explains, this and similar conditions can be caused by the body’s autoimmune response.
The condition is presenting in children who are known or suspected to have contracted COVID-19, according to an email from the country’s National Health Service.
“[The condition has features of] toxic shock syndrome and atypical Kawasaki Disease,” and shows up in children “with blood parameters consistent with severe COVID-19.”
Other kids with the condition have also had abdominal pain, gastrointestinal symptoms, and inflammation of the heart.
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