Three New York Children with COVID-19 Detected a Rare Syndrome: Doctors Fear That Coronavirus Caused It

In New York, three children with coronavirus are also being treated for a rare inflammatory disease. This disease has also been detected in some children with COVID-19 in the UK and Italy. This publication reports New York Post.

All affected children, ranging in age from 6 months to 8 years, were found to have fever, as well as inflammation of the heart and intestines, said a specialist at the Columbia University Medical Center.

“We are now at the very beginning of trying to understand what this means,” said Dr. Mark Gorelik.

Of the three New York patients, one is seriously ill, one is in intensive care, and the third is discharged.

Gorelik, a pediatric rheumatologist and immunologist, was called to assess whether the children had Kawasaki disease, a condition believed to be associated with an infection that causes inflammation of the blood vessel walls.

He said that children most likely do not have this disease, but there is a similar process that has an underlying mechanism in common with Kawasaki. “Very similar characteristics,” Gorelik said.

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According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, this syndrome has not been significantly detected in the United States. In New York, a 6-month-old child admitted to Stanford University's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital with Kawasaki disease was reported. He was later diagnosed with COVID-19.

It is possible that coronavirus in children who have not yet identified any serious complications from COVID-19 has two phases. First, they may manifest a primary infection, after which a secondary immune reaction occurs.

“It seems that after a week or two, the immune system is reacting in a very disorganized manner,” Gorelik said.