Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) often strikes when many families least expect it –after a child has recovered from COVID-19 infection. Dr. Dean Blumberg, chief of pediatric infectious diseases at UC Davis Children’s Hospital, answers some common questions about this life-threatening complication of COVID-19.
Learn more about MIS-C: https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/why-mis-c-is-a-life-threatening-covid-19-complication-that-parents-dont-want-to-miss-video/2022/02
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Dr. Hamid B discusses long-hauler syndrome and MIS-C following COVID-19 infection in children. Talking about his experience studying COVID-19 disease in young children, he says, “This is one of the other primary reasons to consider vaccination in children … not just because they got a disease for three, four, five days, but it can affect them for months, and potentially even years down the line due to … the post-acute effects of this viral syndrome.” For information about COVID-19, visit http://COVIDVaccineAnswers.org.
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