Although studies are limited and the syndrome is considered very rare, MIS-C is a serious illness that has lead to many child hospitalizations.
amid the pandemic.
MORE: Mom of child recovering from COVID-related, multi-inflammatory disease speaks out: What parents should know According to Ostfeld-Johns, this phenomenon we see in adults -- that their immune systems overreact, prompting a dreaded cytokine storm -- is the same phenomenon seen in children with MIS-C.
An electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19.Understanding the root cause of MIS-C would certainly help pediatricians treat their young patients.
"I don't think we get to say this is just COVID-19 in children, because I worry we lose the nuance and we forget that for most kids, COVID-19 is actually a very mild illness," she said.
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