Parents warned of a difficult illness that afflicts their children, weeks after they recovered from the Corona virus.
This condition is called “multiple inflammatory syndrome”, and it is extremely rare, occurring in less than 1 percent of children who contract the virus.
1 to 5 out of 100,000 children who develop this syndrome will need hospital treatment.
But the exciting thing is that healthy children develop this health problem, about 4-6 weeks after infection with the virus.
Because the symptoms of this syndrome can be similar to other health problems, doctors fail to detect them.
Symptoms include prolonged fever, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, rashes all over the body, and bloodshot eyes, among others.
Thousands of parents came together online to raise awareness among the public and doctors about the problem, after they said their children had not been accurately diagnosed.
They set up a support group in October 2020, to help expedite diagnosis.
An investigation by the group shows that most of the diagnosed cases have experienced an error at least once.
The group’s spokeswoman, Joanna Buckmaster, said that despite efforts by health authorities, misdiagnosis unfortunately occurs.
And she talked about the case of the child, Cooper Hayton, suffering from a serious illness, as a result of the rare side effects of the virus.
Cooper’s high temperature persisted, he developed rashes on his body, his face was swollen and he had deep red lips and bloodshot eyes.
Fortunately, Cooper recovered after three nights of antibiotics, another 24 hours of immunoglobulin and three nights of steroids to suppress the immune system in the hospital.
Children in intensive care with this condition can still experience brain fog, fatigue, and changes in appetite.
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