NEW: Gov. Cuomo announces there are now 93 children in New York with Kawasaki-like syndrome potentially linked to #coronavirus. Medical directors of foster care agencies have been notified. Formal diagnostic criteria do not yet exist and link to COVID has not been established.
Parents should be on the lookout for following symptoms in children:
1. Persistent fever
2. Abdominal pain (often severe), vomiting, diarrhea
3. Bilateral red eyes/conjunctivitis
4. Red, cracked lips or red tongue
5. Rash that develops over the body and can reach extremities
1. Persistent fever
2. Abdominal pain (often severe), vomiting, diarrhea
3. Bilateral red eyes/conjunctivitis
4. Red, cracked lips or red tongue
5. Rash that develops over the body and can reach extremities
6. Swollen hands with peeling of the skin
7. Enlarged lymph nodes on the side of the neck
Most children with this illness are not presenting with respiratory symptoms typically associated with COVID-19.
7. Enlarged lymph nodes on the side of the neck
Most children with this illness are not presenting with respiratory symptoms typically associated with COVID-19.
