Kawasaki disease

Kawasaki disease (dem sanso know as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome) be a syndrome of unknown cause wey dey result insyd a fever den mainly dey affect kiddies under 5 years of age. E be a form of vasculitis, insyd wich medium-sized blood vessels cam be inflamed thru out de body. De fever typically dey last for more dan five days wey e no be affected by usual medications. Oda common symptoms dey include large lymph nodes insyd de neck, a rash insyd de genital area, lips, palms, anaa soles of de feet, den red eyes. Within three weeks of de onset, de skin from de hands den feet fi peel, after wich recovery typically dey occur. De disease be de leading cause of acquired heart disease insyd kiddies insyd developed countries, wich dey include de formation of coronary artery aneurysms den myocarditis.

While de specific cause be unknown, dem dey think e result from an excessive immune response to particular infections insyd kiddies wey be genetically predisposed to those infections. E no be an infectious disease, wey be, e no dey spread between people. Diagnosis usually be based on a person ein signs den symptoms. Oda tests such as an ultrasound of de heart den blood tests fi support de diagnosis. Diagnosis for take into account chaw oda conditions wey fi present similar features, wey dey include scarlet fever den juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome insyd kiddies, a "Kawasaki-like" disease dem associate plus COVID-19, dey appear e get distinct features. Anoda disease wey originally fi be presented plus de same symptoms be measles. Dis be secof similar symptoms such as red eyes, persistent fever, den swollen hands/feet. However, Kawasaki disease no be spread de way measles fi be spread from person to person.

Typically, initial treatment of Kawasaki disease dey consist of high doses of aspirin den immunoglobulin. Usually, plus treatment, fever dey resolve within 24 hours den full recovery dey occur. If de coronary arteries be involved, ongoing treatment anaa surgery occasionally fi be required. Widout treatment, coronary artery aneurysms dey occur insyd up to 25% wey about 1% die. Plus treatment, de risk of death be reduced to 0.17%. People wey na dem get coronary artery aneurysms after Kawasaki disease dey require lifelong cardiological monitoring by specialized teams.

Kawasaki disease be rare. E dey affect between 8 den 67 per 100,000 people under de age of five except insyd Japan, wer e dey affect 124 per 100,000. Boys be more commonly affected dan girlies. Dem name de disorder after Japanese pediatrician Tomisaku Kawasaki, wey first describe am insyd 1967.

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Category:Ailments of unknown cause
Category:Autoimmune diseases
Category:Inflammations
Category:Pediatrics
Category:Systemic connective tissue disorders
Category:Vascular diseases
Category:Vascular-related cutaneous conditions
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