A rare inflammatory disease associated with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has hospitalized 15 children in New York City, The New York Times reports.
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome causes the blood vessels, including coronary arteries, to become inflamed. It’s similar to toxic shock syndrome or Kawasaki disease, a rare disease in children.
And in New York City, 15 children are currently hospitalized with it. Most of them, in addition to the internal inflammation, have or have had a rash, vomiting, or diarrhea. Most of them required blood pressure support, and 5 of them have wound up having to be placed on a ventilator. All had tested positive for coronavirus antibodies.
As of this writing, none of the children sickened with the syndrome have died from it.
On Monday, health officials in the city released a bulletin warning pediatricians and other practitioners that not much is known about the illness.
“The full spectrum of disease is not yet known,” the bulletin reads in part.
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