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1. Kawasaki disease - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Link: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/kawasaki-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20354598
Description: WEBNov 8, 2023 · Overview. Kawasaki disease causes swelling, called inflammation, in the walls of small to medium-sized blood vessels that carry blood throughout the body. Kawasaki disease most often affects the heart arteries in children. Those arteries supply oxygen-rich blood to the heart.
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2. Kawasaki Syndrome | CDC
Link: https://www.cdc.gov/kawasaki/index.html
Description: WEBKawasaki disease (KD), also known as Kawasaki syndrome, is an acute febrile illness of unknown cause that primarily affects children younger than 5 years of age. The disease was first described in Japan by Tomisaku Kawasaki in 1967, and the first cases outside of Japan were reported in Hawaii in 1976.
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3. Kawasaki Disease: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment - Cleveland Clinic
Link: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/13457-kawasaki-disease
Description: WEBJul 10, 2023 · Kawasaki disease or Kawasaki syndrome is a rare type of vasculitis (blood vessel inflammation). Inflamed blood vessels can become weak and stretched out. When that happens, they’re at risk of tearing or narrowing. This limits how much blood can get through to nourish tissues and organs.
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4. About Kawasaki Disease | Kawasaki Disease | CDC - Centers for Disease
Link: https://www.cdc.gov/kawasaki/about.html
Description: WEBKawasaki disease (KD), also known as Kawasaki syndrome, is an acute febrile illness of unknown etiology that primarily affects children younger than 5 years of age. The disease was first described in Japan by Tomisaku Kawasaki in 1967, and the first cases outside of Japan were reported in Hawaii in 1976. Clinical signs include fever, rash ...
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5. Kawasaki disease - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_disease
Description: WEBKawasaki disease (also known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome) is a syndrome of unknown cause that results in a fever and mainly affects children under 5 years of age. It is a form of vasculitis, where medium-sized blood vessels become inflamed throughout the …
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6. Kawasaki Disease | Johns Hopkins Medicine
Link: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/kawasaki-disease
Description: WEBKawasaki disease is a rare heart condition that causes a high fever and inflammation of the blood vessels. It usually affects children under the age of 5. It is the most common form of acquired (not present at birth) heart disease in children in developed countries.
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7. Kawasaki disease - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
Link: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/kawasaki-disease/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20354603
Description: WEBNov 8, 2023 · There's no single test to diagnose Kawasaki disease. Diagnosis involves ruling out other diseases that cause the same symptoms. These diseases include: Scarlet fever. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Stevens-Johnson syndrome — a disorder of the mucous membranes. Toxic shock syndrome. Measles.
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8. Kawasaki Disease: Signs, Symptoms and Diagnosis
Link: https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/kawasaki-disease/kawasaki-disease-signs-symptoms--diagnosis
Description: WEBJul 18, 2023 · Kawasaki disease (KD) is diagnosed when a patient runs a fever of at least 100.4°F and above for at least five days. (If the fever isn’t treated, it can last up to 11 days.) The fever is accompanied by at least four of the following five symptoms: A rash over the torso and extremities.
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9. Kawasaki Disease | American Heart Association
Link: https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/kawasaki-disease
Description: WEBJul 18, 2023 · Kawasaki disease (also referred to as Kawasaki syndrome or mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome) is a children's illness characterized by fever, rash, swelling of the hands and feet, irritation and redness of the whites of the eyes, swollen lymph glands in the neck, and irritation and inflammation of the mouth, lips …
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10. A guide for what doctors and parents can do as Kawasaki disease …
Link: https://www.heart.org/en/news/2021/10/11/a-guide-for-what-doctors-and-parents-can-do-as-kawasaki-disease-kids-grow-up
Description: WEBOct 11, 2021 · Signs include fever, rash, swelling of the hands and feet, redness of the whites of the eyes, swelling of the neck glands and redness of the tongue, lips and throat. It's rarely fatal in the short term. But the disease can cause bulges, or aneurysms, in arteries that feed blood to the heart.
