Study: children at risk of heart dysfunction, developing inflammatory syndrome post-COVID-19 infection
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C) has been a mysterious and frightening consequence of COVID-19 in children. A new study is shedding light on the potential longer term impacts of the syndrome.
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CDC warns of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome now found in adults
They called it Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). Theyโre calling it Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults. About a third of the patients tested negative for COVID-19, but tested positive for antibodies -- indicating they had been infected in the past. All but one of the MIS-A patients described in the report belonged to a racial or ethnic minority group. The CDC said 10 adult patients in the report required intensive care, three were intubated and three died.