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  2. Wikipedia:Osmosis/Kawasaki Disease - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Kawasaki disease - Wikipedia

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    Currently, Kawasaki disease is the most commonly diagnosed pediatric vasculitis in the world. By far, the highest incidence of Kawasaki disease occurs in Japan, with the most recent study placing the attack rate at 218.6 per 100,000 children less than five years of age (about one in 450 children).

  4. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children - Wikipedia

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    Differences with respect to Kawasaki disease include frequent presentation with gastrointestinal symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhoea, and abdominal pain. [6] [7] Neurological involvement also appears to be relatively frequent. [14] It often affects older children, whereas Kawasaki disease usually occurs before the age of five.

  5. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Multisystem inflammatory syndrome may refer to: . Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (also known as 'paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome', or 'paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome' - 'PIMS'), a rare life-threatening illness resembling Kawasaki disease that has been observed following exposure to the virus responsible for COVID-19; [1] [2] [3] while a similar ...

  6. Tomisaku Kawasaki - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Morbilliform - Wikipedia

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    Patients with measles will have the rash but there are other syndromes and infections that will display the same symptom such as patients with Kawasaki disease, [4] meningococcal petechiae or Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome, [4] Dengue, Roseola, congenital syphilis, [5] rubella, [4] Echovirus 9, [4] drug hypersensitivity reactions (in ...

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  9. Beau's lines - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] Beau's lines can also be seen one to two months after the onset of fever in children with Kawasaki disease. [7] Conditions also associated with Beau's lines include uncontrolled diabetes and peripheral vascular disease, as well as illnesses associated with a high fever, such as scarlet fever, measles, mumps and pneumonia.