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Kawasaki Disease: Child
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Kawasaki disease can ... cause problems like swelling in your child's joints, but these problems usually go away without special treatment. It helps if your doctor finds out about the Kawasaki disease at an early stage and starts treatment soon. Early treatment means your child probably won't get lasting heart problems or joint problems.
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Although Kawasaki disease cannot be prevented, with prompt and effective treatment, most children will make a full recovery. Some children go on to develop complications, which usually affect the heart. It is these complications that can make Kawasaki a potentially serious condition. Although rare, some children do develop permanent heart problems and, in severe cases, Kawasaki disease can prove fatal. However, most children will have no lasting damage to their heart.
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Kawasaki disease is a condition that causes inflammation in the walls of small- and medium-sized arteries throughout the body, including the coronary arteries. It mostly affects children from ages 2 to 5. Identified by a Japanese doctor, Tomisaku Kawasaki, in 1967, Kawasaki disease is ... called mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome because it also affects lymph nodes, skin and the mucous membranes inside the mouth, nose and throat.
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If Kawasaki disease is treated early, there's less of a chance of coronary artery damage. Children with the condition get high doses of intravenous immunoglobulin as soon as the diagnosis is made. They're ... given very high doses of ASA*. After their fever has gone down, children with Kawasaki disease are given a lower dose of ASA for a few months. This treatment prevents the blood from clotting in case there is some damage to the coronary arteries.
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Kawasaki disease occurs most frequently in children under five years of age. Twenty percent of cases involve children five years of age and older. The peak age is 18 to 24 months of age. Approximately 3,000 patients are hospitalized in the United States every year with Kawasaki disease. The incidence is higher in the late winter and spring.
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Kawasaki disease is a rare but serious illness. It affects younger children, usually under the age of five years. It is named after Tomisaku Kawasaki, a Japanese doctor who first described the disease in 1967.
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