Pediatric illness that declined during pandemic sees sudden uptick in California

Becker's Healthcare February 14, 2024
Ashleigh Hollowell

Kawasaki disease, an acute febrile illness that affects children, declined by 50% during COVID-19, but physicians at San Diego, Calif.-based Rady Children’s Hospital have noticed a resurgence, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Feb. 13.

The illness causes severe inflammation in blood vessels and can also appear with symptoms like a rash, fever, swelling of the hands and feet, irritation and redness of the whites of the eyes, and swollen lymph nodes.

Physicians at Rady Children’s told the Union-Tribune that in January alone they diagnosed 15 children with Kawasaki disease — many more than is typical. It’s a trend they also believe could be happening across the U.S., according to the Rady Children clinician’s research on the matter, which...

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