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Kawasaki disease (also known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome) is a syndrome of unknown cause that results in a fever and mainly affects children under 5 years of age. [6] It is a form of vasculitis, in which medium-sized blood vessels become inflamed throughout the body. [1]
Kawasaki disease is most commonly seen in infants and children under five years old and is more likely to affect boys. The disease is self-limited which means that the inflammation will resolve after 6 to 8 weeks but if we left it untreated, there is a 20-25% risk of the heart complications we went over. Alright so let’s look at the symptoms ...
Tomisaku Kawasaki (川崎 富作, Kawasaki Tomisaku, February 1, 1925 – June 5, 2020) was a Japanese pediatrician who first described the condition now known as Kawasaki disease in the 1960s. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Alongside rheumatic heart disease , Kawasaki disease is considered to be the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children worldwide.
Kawasaki disease is a type of vasculitis where the endothelial cells in the coronary arteries become damaged, potentially leading to complications like myocardial infarction and aneurysms. This video covers the known pathophysiology, important signs and symptoms, diagnostic criteria, and treatment.
Autoimmune disease Primary organ/body part affected Autoantibodies Acceptance as an autoimmune disease Prevalence rate (US) Cit. Rheumatic heart disease: Heart valves: Anti-streptolysin O (ASO), anti-DNase B Confirmed Declining due to improved treatment of strep throat [30] Kawasaki disease: Coronary arteries: Unknown Probable
Coronary artery disease (atherosclerosis) Vasculitic and connective tissue diseases (Kawasaki and Marfan) Intracoronary manipulation leading to local wall stress (stent placement, angioplasty, brachytherapy) Post-infectious as a consequence of direct wall infiltration or immune complex deposition [8]
Kawasaki disease (Kawasaki's), a vascular disease found primarily in young children; Kawasaki Racecourse, a horseracing dirt track, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan; Shaking rat Kawasaki, the Kawasaki lineage of laboratory rat animals; Kawasaki-type oiler (Japanese: 川崎型油槽船, romanized: Kawasaki-gata Yusōsen), an oil tanker and refueller ...
Ostial disease, namely coronary ostial stenosis, is the occlusion of coronary ostium. Causing factors include atherosclerosis , syphilis , Kawasaki disease , and Takayasu's arteritis , etc. [ 1 ] References