There is no known cause nor test to detect it, so it often goes undiagnosed or treatment is delayed; children have suffered aneurysms to the heart, heart attacks and even death from this disease. Hudson has 2 very small aneurysms, but is doing well and is closely monitored.
Please know the symptoms for early diagnosis is key to prevent long term damage:
Reddening of the eyes
Rash
Joint
pain
Strawberry tongue
Hands and feet skin peeling
Swollen lymph
nodes
High, persistent fever that is unresponsive to medicine.
Waiting for the doctor at Rainbow Babies & Children Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio to start the IVIG.
The photo above showed the red eyes and red/cracked lips, common with Kawasaki Disease.
An attempt to get his fever down, which had reached 105.4! You can see the rash on his chest, his whole body was covered in it.
This is far from a virus, it is an autoimmune disease. Some kids suffer from cardiac damage like my son did, some don't, but it is still a lifelong condition and even if no initial heart damage is seen it has to be continuiously checked through their life.
Quoting Crystal8327:wait i thought this was a childhood virus that they get over. Am i confusing the name with something similar? Thought my friends twins had this and it was flu like symptoms.
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