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Kawasaki
disease, also known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, Kawasaki syndrome or
Lymph node syndrome is a rare autoimmune disease mainly seen in children under
five years of age. Most children who develop the disease fully recover within
weeks of getting the first symptoms. The disease makes the walls of the blood
vessels throughout the body become inflamed.
If untreated,
it can seriously affect the heart causing fatal coronary artery aneurysms.
Kawasaki
disease causes high fever that does not respond to medication. The cause of
Kawasaki disease is still unknown, and there is no test that can confirm the diagnosis. The
diagnosis is usually made based on the patient having most of the classic
symptoms.
Kawasaki
disease is not contagious. Therefore, it can't be passed from one child to
another.
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