In an replace over the weekend, officers with the Los Angeles County Division of Public Well being stated that eight further circumstances of the so-called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in youngsters (MIS-C) had been lately reported to county well being officers bringing the entire variety of MIS-C circumstances in Los Angeles to 62.
Greater than 1,600 circumstances of MIS-C have been reported throughout the nation since Might, in keeping with estimates from the CDC.
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All the youngsters affected by the situation required hospitalization, officers stated, with 45% of kids requiring therapy within the intensive-care unit.
The vast majority of sufferers (37%) had been between the ages of 5 and 11, whereas 32% had been between the ages of 12 and 20. About 31% had been underneath the age of 5, officers stated, noting that Latino youngsters have accounted for 74% of all reported circumstances.
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No additional particulars in regards to the circumstances had been offered.
MIS-C is a situation that always causes totally different elements of the physique to grow to be infected, together with the guts, lungs, kidneys, mind, pores and skin, eyes, or gastrointestinal organs, in keeping with the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC).
Signs of the situation usually embody fever, belly ache, vomiting, diarrhea, neck ache, rash, bloodshot eyes and fatigue.
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Right now, medical doctors have no idea what precisely causes MIS-C. However many youngsters who develop it had the virus that causes COVID-19 or has been uncovered to somebody with COVID-19.
Greater than 1,600 circumstances of MIS-C have been reported throughout the nation since Might, in keeping with estimates from the CDC.
Madeline Farber is a Reporter for Fox Information. You possibly can comply with her on Twitter @MaddieFarberUDK.
