It's not clear exactly how many MIS-C cases hospitals could expect or how serious they would be and while research is still underway, health care providers at many major children's hospitals describe the outcomes as "a mixed bag."
It's not clear exactly how many MIS-C cases hospitals could expect or how serious they would be and while research is still underway, health care providers at many major children's hospitals describe the outcomes as "a mixed bag."
What parents should know about rare but scary COVID-19-related illness
Michael Merschel, American Heart Association News
March 10, 2021
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It began with COVID-19 and became a nightmare.
The coronavirus hit the Dye family of Anchorage, Alaska, in mid-November. Parents Heath and Hailey were sick for a week. Cameron, then 6, had a mild fever for a day and a bit of a cough. Two-year-old Lucas never showed symptoms.
Four weeks later, when they thought the worst was past, Cameron s fever shot to 104.5. He was diagnosed with strep throat, but his parents, who had seen a lot of cases of strep in their son, weren t sure. They d heard about a COVID-related illness called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C, which had struck a girl back in Heath s Virginia hometown.