LEAH JORDAN, THANKS FOR
BEING WITH US AND HAPPY
JUNETEENTH.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU.
RESEARCHERS ARE ALWAYS
LEARNING NEW INFORMATION ABOUT
THE CORONAVIRUS, THEY ARE ALSO
LEARNING MORE ABOUT A RARE
COMPLICATION THAT MAY BE
ESPECIALLY CONCERNING FOR
PARENTS.
IT'S CALLED MULTISYSTEM
INFLAMMATORY SYSTEM IN CHILDREN
AND ITS HAPPENING AND SOME KIDS
WHO HAVE HAD COVER 19.
HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND
WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW IS
THE CHIEF OF PEDIATRICS AT
CHILDREN'S MINNESOTA.
SO, HAVE WE HEARD OF ANY OF
THESE CASES HERE IN MINNESOTA?
YES, I THINK WE HAVE HAD AT
LEAST ONE CASE AND THIS WOULD
BE ABOUT THE TIMING THAT WE
WOULD START TO EXPECT SOME
PRESENTING IT DOES TEND TO, AT
LEAST WHAT WE ARE LEARNING, AND
PRESENTS A FEW WEEKS AFTER A
CHILD MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED
COVID-19 SYMPTOMS OR EVEN AS WE
KNOW ABOUT CHILDREN, THEY MAY
NOT EVEN SHOW ANY EXTERNAL
SYMPTOMS, BUT HAVE HAD THE
COVID-19 VIRUS.
THIS IS THE RIGHT TIMING.
WE ARE REALLY STARTING TO
PREPARE FOR THAT EXPERIENCE AND
TREATING KIDS FOR BUS.
I KNOW THERE IS A LOT WE ARE
STILL LEARNING ABOUT THIS
CONNECTION, BUT WHAT DO WE KNOW
AND WHAT SYMPTOMS SHOULD
PARENTS BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR?
SOMETIMES, WE MIGHT SEE KIDS
DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY HAD A
COVID-19 AND THEN SHOW UP WITH
US.
I THINK WHAT WE ARE LEARNING
ABOUT MY SC IS YOUR OWN BODY IS
INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE TO THIS,
IT IS AN EXAGGERATION OF WHAT
WOULD BE EXPECTED. FOR EXAMPLE,
IF YOU HAVE AN ABRASION OR SKIN
YOUR KNEE, YOUR BODY SENDS CELLS
TO THAT AREA OF INJURY AND
FACTORS SO THAT YOUR BODY HEALS
ITSELF, YOU CREATE A BLOOD CLOT
THERE, AND YOUR SKIN WILL THEN
BE RECOVERED FROM THAT.
FROM MISC, WE ARE RECOGNIZING
IT IS THE SAME TYPE OF WHOLE
BODY INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE TO
RECOVERING FROM COVID-19.
WE CAN SEE CLOTS IN UNEXPECTED
PLACES ALL THROUGHOUT THE BODY.
A LOT OF TIMES WE HEAR THIS
COMPARED TO KAWASAKI DISEASE
BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME THING,
RIGHT?
RIGHT, WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT
KAWASAKI DISEASE, IT IS
TRIGGERED BY A VIRAL ILLNESS OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT ALSO AND IT
CREATES A SIMILAR TYPE OF
INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE, IN WHICH
YOUR OWN BODY'S IMMUNE SYSTEM
HAS AN EXAGGERATION AND WE CAN
SEE THINGS LIKE RED EYES, RED,
CRACKED LIPS, TONGUE THAT LOOKS
LIKE A STRAWBERRY, RED RASH AND
FEVER AND SWELLING OF THE BODY.
MISC IS SIMILAR TO THAT AND WE
CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE THINGS
THAT ARE PRESENTING, BUT IT
ALSO IS SIMILAR TO KAWASAKI IN
THAT IT IS MORE COMMON IN ASIAN
AMERICAN KIDS AND AFRICAN-
AMERICAN KIDS IN CAUCASIAN
KIDS, BUT WHAT IS DIFFERENT
ABOUT IT IS THAT MISC TENDS TO
PRESENT WITH MORE GOT SYMPTOMS.
KIDS WILL COMPLAIN OF BELLY
PAIN, THEY MIGHT HAVE FEVER, OR
VOMITING OR DIARRHEA TO, ALSO
IT IS AN OLDER KID.
TYPICALLY, KAWASAKI HAS BEEN
FOR KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF 5,
BUT THIS IS MORE LIKE 7 TO 8
TWO TEENAGERS AND THEY ARE MORE
SICK.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOU HAVE
HAD COVID 19 AND THE SYMPTOMS
SHOW UP, WHEN YOU'RE STOMACH IS
NOT FEELING GREAT, IF YOU'RE
HAVING SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS,
DO YOU WAIT FOR A RASH?
GREAT QUESTION, WHAT I WOULD
ASK FAMILIES TO DO IS IF YOU'RE
SAYING SYMPTOMS OF BELLY PAIN
AND FEVER, YOU SHOULD CALL IN,
IF KIDS ARE NOT FEELING WELL,
YOU SHOULD CALL AND AND ASKED
TO BE SEEN BY A CLINICIAN.
I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST FEAR
WE HAVE IN THAT FAMILIES ARE
AFRAID TO COME IN FOR CARE AND
THAT DELAY CAN CERTAINLY CAUSE