They'd come to the ICU because they also got inflammation of their hearts, which meant their hearts weren't able to pump enough to get blood to all of the organs in their body and keep them alive. So it's really a very serious disease, recalls Dr. Aaron Bodansky...
many children who developed MIS-C had an out-of-control immune response to COVID as a result of mistaken identity. Basically, these children's immune systems locked onto a part of the coronavirus that closely resembles a protein found in immune cells that are located throughout the body...
And that causes inflammation, we believe, to spin out of control, he says. Think of it like collateral damage or friendly fire, DeRisi says.
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