Good news for kids with MIS-C, a rare but serious inflammatory heart condition that can follow COVID infection, and their parents: Children tend to recover completely from any heart injury within three months of falling ill, a new study finds.
Half of children with MIS-C suffer from decreased function of their left ventricle, the heart chamber that pumps oxygenated"The symptoms can be anything from none to severely low blood pressures and a very sick child who's in an ICU needing aTo see whether these kids recover, the CHOP doctors compared 60 children hospitalized with COVID-related MIS-C to a group of 60 healthy kids.
readings showed that heart function in the MIS-C children improved quickly within the first week. By three months, they were essentially back to normal. MRIs taken of several kids revealed no lasting scarring or damage to their hearts."They all recover by about six weeks after their illness," Jone said.
Kids with MIS-C are typically treated with anti-inflammatory drugs, Friedman and Jone said. Doctors might add a heart medication if needed.
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