Is my child at risk?
Children, in general, have fared well with COVID-19, most only having mild symptoms or no symptoms at all. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is looking closely at the condition multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).
The CDC identified these symptoms of MIS-C:
- An individual under 21 years presenting with fever, laboratory evidence of inflammation and evidence of clinically severe illness requiring hospitalization with the involvement of two or more organ systems (cardiac, renal, respiratory, hematologic, gastrointestinal, dermatologic or neurological); and
- No alternative plausible diagnoses; and
- Has tested positive for current or recent coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection or COVID-19 exposure within the four weeks prior to the onset of symptoms.
The CDC noted the fever should be at least 100.4 (F) for at least 24 hours.
