Multi-System Inflammatory State

Context:

Doctors have picked up a slight rise in the number of children of all ages needing intensive care treatment for a condition called “multi-system inflammatory state”.

About:

• Multi-system inflammatory state is a severe immune response that can affect the body in multiple ways, most importantly by making the blood vessels leaky, similar to the condition called Kawasaki disease.
• This leads to low blood pressure and a build-up of fluid in the lungs and organs. It is extremely serious.
• Patients need urgent intensive care to support the heart, lungs, and sometimes other organs such as the kidneys.

Symptoms:

The children have overlapping symptoms of two diseases:

• Toxic Shock Syndrome: TSS is where bacteria gets into the body and releases harmful toxins that cause temperature and flu-like symptoms, as well as nausea and vomiting and a loss of consciousness in severe cases.
• Unusual Kawasaki Disease: A rare vascular condition that is the main cause of acquired heart disease in under-18.