Cases of rare MIS-C condition for kids have tripled in California since February – KCRA Sacramento
With the recent increase in COVID-19 cases among children, doctors are expecting a surge in rare MIS-C, or multisystem inflammatory syndrome, infections. California cases have tripled since February, and are now at more than 600, according to the California Department of Public Health's running tally.MIS-C is a rare inflammatory condition associated with COVID-19 that can damage multiple organ systems.“We see MIS-C when children recover from acute infection with COVID. Usually, they have COVID, then two to four weeks later, as the immune response matures, they have an over-exuberant immune response and that results in the symptoms we see with MIS-C,” said UC Davis Health’s Dr. Dean Blumberg. “Only a small portion of the children who get COVID and recover get MIS-C. Sometimes they are...
