The Frightening Disease call Kawasaki

Kawasaki (KAH'wah-SAH'ke) also called lymph node syndrome is a illness that young children can get normally under the age of five. It can cause symptoms like fever, bloodshot eyes, skin rash, joint problems, heart problems, and swollen lymph nodes. The condition is usually accompanied by a fever that lasts up to 5 days. It also involves inflammation of the blood vessels, your lips, mouth , hands, and feet may become very red.

Kawasaki disease often times begins with a high fever greater than 102, but can be high as 104, and lasting for up to five days, and this type fever is not very responsive to normal doses of acetaminophen or ibuprofen. This is a very frightening disease, other symptoms can be a bright red tongue with white coating on it, or red bumps on the back of the tongue. Peeling of the skin coming off in sheets around the genital area, hands, and feet. Kawasaki disease occurs most frequently in Japan, this is where the disease was discovered, but it occurs in all ethnicities. Kawasakin disease is a poorly understood illness, and the cause has yet been determined. The most serious effect of this disease is it can cause major heart problems.