Welcome back to another exciting instalment of Practice, Practice, Malpractice. I thought about a condition that is more prevalent in younger children and came upon Kawasaki Disease. Now onto the information.
Kawasaki’s Disease
Kawasaki’s is a rare condition in kids that involves the inflammation of the blood vessels. As you can tell by the name it occurs most frequently in Japan. It affects more than 4000 kids each year. More patients are younger than 5. Little is actually known about Kawasaki’s and the cause has yet to be indentified. It is thought to be an autoimmune disorder (where...
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