Almost all the children were so seriously ill that they had to be treated in the intensive care unit, Kabeg spokeswoman Nathalie Trost confirmed on Wednesday in a corresponding report in the “Kleine Zeitung” at the APA request. The so-called hyperinflammation syndrome is behind the abbreviations PIMS and MIS-C. This is an excessive immune reaction with a potentially life-threatening course. It can occur in children weeks after a Covid infection, even if they had a mild course. Symptoms are, for example, red spots on the skin, high fever, reddened conjunctiva and red, sometimes chapped lips with strong blood circulation, as well as dark circles, stomach pain, diarrhea and vomiting, but also a slight cough.
The occurrence is rare, about one in 1,000 affected children develops such a pediatric hyperinflammatory syndrome with multi-organ involvement. The fact that more children with PIMS end up in hospital could be related to the many corona infections since school began. As Jörg Jahnel, chief professor of paediatrics at the Klagenfurt Clinic, said to the “Kleine Zeitung”, none of the five children treated at the clinic had been vaccinated.
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