Coronavirus infection among children can lead to a dangerous complication - multisystemic inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C).

Physician and laboratory diagnostic expert Alexander Solovyov (Russia) tells in his Facebook that this complication can be recognized by a number of symptoms.

According to him, this complication can develop when a fever above 38.5 lasts for 3 or more days. With a fever, symptoms such as abdominal pain, vomiting, fainting, diarrhea, confusion, conjunctivitis, enlarged lymph nodes, skin rash, oral mucosa rash and headache can also occur.

According to the specialist, at least two of the above symptoms in the presence of fever may indicate the development of a multisystem inflammatory syndrome.

He says that a complication in the form of the development of MIS-C (PIMS) develops four to six weeks after infection with the virus and occurs in children regardless of the severity of the COVID-19 infection. The development of MIS-C (PIMS) is thought to be associated with prolonged persistence of the virus in the intestine.

Because of the large number of children infected with Omicron, he said, the number of cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome may increase. In this regard, it is important to pay close attention to the condition of children in the next month and a half to two months.

The specialist added that vaccinating children against the coronavirus reduces the risk of developing MIS-C by 91%.