Throughout the pandemic, MIS-C has followed a predictable pattern, sending waves of children to the hospital about a month after a covid surge. Subscribe to KHN's free Morning Briefing. About 80% of MIS-C patients are treated in intensive care units, 20% require mechanical ventilation, and 46 have died. children diagnosed with covid have developed MIS-C. Symptoms - fever, stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhea, bloodshot eyes, rash and dizziness - typically appear two to six weeks after what is usually a mild or even asymptomatic infection. Hospital staffers diagnosed Dante with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C, a rare but life-threatening complication of covid-19 in which a hyperactive immune system attacks a child’s body. In the hospital, Dante’s eyes became puffy, his eyelids turned red, his hands began to swell and a bright red rash spread across his body. His mother took him to the ER, where his fever spiked to 104.5. Two days later, Dante remained feverish, with a headache, and began throwing up. After examining him, Dante’s doctor said his illness was likely “nothing to worry about” but told DeMaino to take him to the emergency room if his fever climbed above 104. Then, in late March, Dante developed another fever. Michael, 13, had a “tickle in his throat,” said their mother, Michele DeMaino, of Danvers, Massachusetts.Īt a follow-up appointment, “the pediatrician checked their hearts, their lungs, and everything sounded perfect,” DeMaino said.
Dante, 9, had a low-grade fever for a day or so.
Infected in mid-February, both lost their senses of taste and smell.
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