COVID-related heart inflammation in kids may resolve rapidly

MIS-C is a rare condition that causes widespread inflammation throughout the body. Many children with MIS-C were asymptomatic or had mild COVID symptoms at first but weeks later developed a variety of nonrespiratory symptoms including abdominal pain, skin rashes, heart abnormalities, and, in some cases, extremely low blood pressure.

New York: Heart problems in children, who were hospitalised with the Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C) -- an inflammatory condition triggered by COVID -- lasted just a few months and resolved rapidly, suggests a study. MIS-C is a rare condition that causes widespread inflammation throughout the body. Many children with MIS-C were asymptomatic or had mild COVID symptoms at first but weeks later developed a variety of nonrespiratory symptoms including abdominal pain, skin rashes, heart abnormalities, and, in some cases, extremely low blood pressure. However, these were mostly gone within a few months, revealed the study by researchers at Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian.