Medical Description

Kawasaki Disease involves the skin, mouth, and lymph nodes, and generally affects children under the age of five. Its cause is unknown, but if the symptoms are recognized early, the disease can treated within a few days. If it goes untreated, it can lead to serious complications involving the heart.

Kawasaki disease is rare, occuring in 19 out of every 100,000 kids in the United States.

Ideal treatment begins within 10 days of the fever first. Usually treatment is a series of intravenous doses of gamma globulin or purified antibodies, an ingredient of blood that helps the child’s body fight off infection.

Source: Kids Health, “Kawasaki Disease.” (http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/medical/heart/kawasaki.html)

Symptoms

• prolonged fever in excess of 104 degrees Fahrenheit
• severe redness in the eyes
• a rash on the child’s stomach, chest, and genitals
• red, dry, cracked lips
• swollen tongue with a white coating and big red bumps
• sore, irritated throat
• swollen palms of the hands and soles of the feet with a purple-red color
• swollen lymph nodes

General Information

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