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Kawasaki disease

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an acute disease of young children characterized by a rash and swollen lymph nodes and fever; of unknown cause

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Dr Whittaker is a paediatrician at Imperial College Healthcare in London and has herself treated children with the illness, which has been likened to Kawasaki disease. Source: Internet

But the mum is now convinced her little one was suffering from the mystery syndrome, believed to be similar Kawasaki disease. Source: Internet

Children can show any one – or all – of the symptoms, which are similar to Kawasaki disease. Source: Internet

CHLA said that it saw a significant increase in the number of patients diagnosed with Kawasaki disease in April compared with the same month in previous two years. Source: Internet

Cuomo had on Friday disclosed the death of a 5-year old linked to the coronavirus and a syndrome that shares symptoms with toxic shock and Kawasaki disease, which was the first known fatality tied to the rare illness in New York. Source: Internet

Doctors in northern Italy, one of the world’s hardest-hit areas during the pandemic, have reported extraordinarily large numbers of children under age 9 with severe cases of what appears to be Kawasaki disease, more common in parts of Asia.” Source: Internet

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