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Named after. Tomisaku Kawasaki. 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, where medium-sized blood vessels become inflamed throughout the body. [1]
Scarlet fever, also known as scarlatina, is an infectious disease caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, a Group A streptococcus (GAS). [3] It most commonly affects children between five and 15 years of age. [1] The signs and symptoms include a sore throat, fever, headache, swollen lymph nodes, and a characteristic rash. [1]
Kawasaki disease is a vasculitis, or an inflammation of the blood vessels, that primarily affects the coronary arteries but can affect any large- or medium-sized arteries. The immune system attacks the arteries, similar to what we see in many other types of vasculitis, and the endothelial cells get damaged, it exposes underlying collagen and ...
4. Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) This disease actually includes characteristics of three other connective tissue disorders: scleroderma, polymyositis and systemic lupus erythematosus. It ...
Acute kidney injury, shock, septic shock, sepsis, multiple organ failure. In immunology, systemic inflammatory response syndrome ( SIRS) is an inflammatory state affecting the whole body. [1] It is the body's response to an infectious or noninfectious insult. Although the definition of SIRS refers to it as an "inflammatory" response, it ...
Gianotti–Crosti syndrome ( / dʒəˈnɒti ˈkrɔːsti / ), also known as infantile papular acrodermatitis, [1] papular acrodermatitis of childhood, [1] and papulovesicular acrolocated syndrome, [2] : 389 is a reaction of the skin to a viral infection. [3] Hepatitis B virus [4] and Epstein–Barr virus are the most frequently reported pathogens.
With winter on the way and viral infections increasing, a lot of people may wonder how long they will be contagious after infection. Dr. Leana Wen has some answers.
Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable infectious disease caused by measles virus. [3] [5] [11] [12] [13] Symptoms usually develop 10–12 days after exposure to an infected person and last 7–10 days. [7] [8] Initial symptoms typically include fever, often greater than 40 °C (104 °F), cough, runny nose, and inflamed eyes.