This mysterious disease that doctors now call PIMS also attacks young adults. Several cases of patients in their twenties have been noted.
Kawasaki disease, continued. While a link has been established between the Coronavius and the mysterious inflammatory syndrome that strikes children around the world, new conclusions have been drawn concerning this disease which some researchers now call PIMS (for Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome, translate pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome). And not the least. Since cases of young adults with similar symptoms have been identified in the United States: a 20-year-old patient in San Diego (California), another in Long Island, 25 years old, as well as three others identified at NYU hospital Langone from New York, all in their twenties. Information revealed by the Washington Post.
Hundreds of children affected
Dr Jennifer Lighter, doctor in Langone, explains that the form of PIMS presented by older patients is still “more severe” than in the youngest, causing an impact “overwhelming” on the heart and certain organs. Knowing that the symptoms are midway between “traditional” Kawasaki disease and toxic shock (fever, rashes, swollen glands and, in severe cases, heart inflammation).
In the United States, more than 20 states have already recorded cases of Kawasaki with a total of patients “which amounts to several hundred”, according to the Washington Post. Including 147 for the city of New York alone. In France, more than a hundred cases have been reported and a 9-year-old child died in Marseille.
Recall that patients have fever for more than three days, with high markers of inflammation. But also at least two of these symptoms: rash or signs of inflammation around the mouth, hands or feet; shock or low blood pressure; heart problems; evidence of bleeding disorder; and acute gastrointestinal problems.
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