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Florida's surgeon general issues warning about coronavirus-related illness in children

Credit: WPTV News | West Palm Beach
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Florida's surgeon general issues warning about coronavirus-related illness in children
Florida's surgeon general issues warning about coronavirus-related illness in children

Florida’s surgeon general has acknowledged that a syndrome that attacks children and is associated with COVID-19 has surfaced in Florida, adding a scary new dimension to the battle against the coronavirus in the state.

REPORTED IN SOUTH FLORIDA...RIGHT NOW THOSE CHILDREN AREIN INTENSIVE CARE AT TWODIFFERENT HOSPITALS IN MIAMI.WE KNOW ..TWO OF THOSECHILDREN ARE SHOWING SIGNS OFIMPROVEMENT.

WPTV NEWSCHANNEL5WHAT PARENTS NEED TO PAYATTENTION TO.<< DOCTORS SAY A RARE BUTPOTENTIALLY DEADLY SYNDROME ISAPPEARING IN CHILDREN WHOEITHER HAVE BEEN OR AREINFECTED WITH COVID-19AN INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE INTHE BODY WHICH COULD INFECTMULTIPLE SYSTEMS BE IT THEKIDNEYS, THE HEART, THEINTESTINES DR. MARCOS MESTRE -PEDIATRIC HOSPITALIST ATNICKLAUS CHILDRENSAYS TYPICALLY MULTISYSTEMINFLAMMATORY SYNDROME CAAPPEAR 3 TO 4 WEEKS AFTER ACOVID-19 INFECTIONSYNDROME ITSELF IS NOTCONTAGIOUS.

SYMPTOMS ANDTREATMENT ARE SIMILAR TOKAWASAKI'S DISEASE.

2:37TYPICALLY YOUOF THE EYES, INFLAMMATION OFTHE HANDS AND FEET, SWELLINGOF THE HANDS AND FEET THEYCOULD ALSO BE RED, A RASH THATCOVERS THE BODY THEY COULDHAVE SWELLING OF THE LYMPHNODE USUALLY IN THE AREA OFTHE NECK DR. MESTRE SAYSCHILDREN WILL ALSO USUALLYHAVE A PERSISTENT HIGH FEVER -ABDOMINAL PAIN, VOMITING ANDDIARRHEA ARE ALSO SYMPTOMS.THIS SYNDROME IS CONCERNINGFOR LISA NOEL WHO HAS A 4 WEEKOLD INFANT AND A TODDLER ATHOME& 4:17 YOUIT IS OVER EVERYTHING THATGOING ON AND THEN YOU JUST ADDTHAT TO IT LISA ALSO HAS ATEENAGE BOYTHAT MANY CHILDREN AREASYMPTOMATIC TO COVID-19MESTRE SAYS ITS IMPORTANT THATPARENTS SEEK MEDICAL CARE IFTHEIR CHILD SHOWS ANYSYMPTOMS...ALTHOUGH IT IS RARE- NEW YORK HAS HAD DEATHSASSOCIATED WITH IT.

7:29MENTALLY ITS GOING TO MESS USALL UP FOR A VERY LONG TIMEANYTIME THEY GET SICK YOUGOING TO BE TERRIFIED ITSGOING TO BE THIS MICHELLEQUESADA WPTV NEWSCHANNEL 5.

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