The CDC issued an advisory about a "multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children" associated with the coronavirus and recorded in multiple countries.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned doctors about a rare inflammatory and sometimes deadly condition that has been found in children and connected to the coronavirus.
It defined the illness as involving someone aged 20 or younger that has been infected by or exposed to the coronavirus, and has had a fever of at least 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit for at least 24 hours.The patient also needs to have laboratory-proved inflammation and"evidence of clinically severe illness requiring hospitalization, with multisystem organ involvement" without any other plausible diagnosis for these problems.
Story continuesThe CDC said that some cases may look like Kawasaki disease, but their cases should still be reported if they have the symptoms for this new condition.
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