Open AccessMulti-Systemic Inflammatory Syndrome Associated with COVID 19 in Pediatrics
Author(s) -
Míriam J. Álvarez,
Graciela Espada
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista argentina de reumatología
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2362-3675
pISSN - 0327-4411
DOI - 10.47196/rar.v31i4.383
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , asymptomatic , rhinorrhea , diarrhea , pandemic , abdominal pain , meningitis , transmission (telecommunications) , disease , incidence (geometry) , population , covid-19 , infectious disease (medical specialty) , surgery , physics , optics , environmental health , electrical engineering , engineering
Although the global pandemic due to coronavirus seemed to affect children in a mild way, and this was reported in March 2020, by the Center for Control and Prevention (CDC) of China, (epicenter of the pandemic) that described only 1% of the total affected population were infants. Transmission to children has been initially described from adults or close contacts who are carriers of the infection and some evidence of transmission from the oro-fecal route. The incubation period for the disease in children is between 2 and 10 days. Although most of them are asymptomatic, or oligosymptomatic, the most common symptoms reported in acute illness have been fever, cough, rhinorrhea, conjunctivitis, and headache. Diarrhea, abdominal pain can also appear associated or not with respiratory symptoms; this was described in all ages from 0 to 19 years. Only in 0.6% the occurrence of a severe disease has been reported.