A In Kawasaki disease (KD), the immune system triggers inflammation in arteries and other tissues, but the cause isn’t known. It’s more common in children of Japanese and East Asian origin, and rarer in the UK and Ireland. However, new figures show it’s increasing here, and our children are more likely to develop heart complications than those in other countries.
Early symptoms often resemble common viral infections, with high fever, sore mouth and throat, a red skin rash, sore eyes, swollen glands and sometimes diarrhoea, vomiting, aches and pains. However, the high fever persists, the child continues to look/feel very unwell, and over the next days/weeks, skin on the palms, soles and groin starts to peel and internal organs, including arteries, heart, liver and kidneys show signs of damage. Medication…
