Al-Balawi: MIS-C syndrome affects children two weeks after exposure to a virus that causes inflammation

Al - Anbat- Dalal Omar

Translated by - Neveen - Al - Jarrah 

Children are exposed to Multiple System Inflammation Syndrome (MIS-C) after two weeks of exposure to the virus, which causes inflammation in different parts of the human body. The risk associated with it so far, but it appears to be an excessive immune response associated with (Covid-19).

For his part, Dr. Dirar Hassan Al-Balawi, a clinical drug treatment consultant, stated that it is a condition in which various parts of the body can become inflamed, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes, or organs of the digestive system, and it can be very serious and requires medical attention in the hospital, stressing that it may In the most severe cases, it requires care in intensive care units and can be fatal in some cases.

He added that the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has identified the risk for children in Europe as low overall, based on a very low probability of a child contracting this high-impact disease.

Pointing out that the ages of children who develop "multiple system inflammation syndrome in children" range between 3 and 12 years, with an average age of 8 years, as some cases also appeared among older children and infants, explaining that these symptoms can affect adults as well. However, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MIS-C is more common than MIS-A, and serious outcomes may be more likely for MIS-A due to differences in the immune systems of adults compared to with children.

Al-Balawi added, in an exclusive interview with "Al-Anbat", that most of the children who were diagnosed with this condition during the past two years, their health improved with medical care in the hospital or at home without the need for intensive care, as many children with the syndrome have a positive result in the antibody test. That is, they were recently infected with the Corona virus, and the syndrome was the result of an excessive immune response associated with Covid-19 disease.

He explained that the symptoms of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children are fever that may be accompanied by abdominal pain, red eyes like blood, shortness of breath, chest pain, diarrhea, feeling excessively tired, headache, low blood pressure, neck pain, rash, nausea, vomiting, Red or swollen lips and tongue, red or swollen hands or feet, swollen lymph nodes, and not all children have the same symptoms.

He stressed that the emergency warning signs that require prompt medical care include severe stomach pain, difficulty breathing, pale skin, or a change in the color of the lips or nails to gray or blue, depending on the color of the skin, new mental confusion, inability to wake up or remain awake. These may require the child to remain in the hospital in order to provide him with intravenous fluids and regulate pressure, temperature and other vital signs, as well as treatment with antibiotics and other medications.

In addition to adhering to health safety measures, to prevent multiple system inflammation syndrome, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises taking vaccines against COVID-19 (Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for those aged five and over), as this syndrome is associated with it.