As COVID-19 Rises Among Adults, Inflammatory Syndrome Rises Among Children, Rady Doctor Says
"Gratefully, this inflammatory syndrome is rare in and of itself," Tremoulet added. "There have been children that have, unfortunately, died of this illness but that is uncommon as well." MIS-C is a syndrome that typically presents itself in children two to six weeks after they have had close exposure to COVID-19, typically through family members who have been infected with the disease. "There are some children, and we don’t know why yet, that end up developing this inflammatory syndrome a few weeks after the family or someone close by has been infected with COVID," Tremoulet said. One o...
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