As your trusted source for information on thelatest arthritis news在COVID-19大流行期间，关节炎基金会致力于向您提供与我们社区相关的最新研究和信息。最近，一种被认为与新型冠状病毒有关的神秘疾病在儿童中出现。它与川崎病有相似之处，川崎病是一种会导致关节疼痛的风湿病。
Despite similarities to Kawasaki disease – including fever for several days, rash, red eyes and other symptoms – it appears this is a unique syndrome. This new, sometimes fatal syndrome goes by several names internationally, but is called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Learn more about MIS-C here. As experts in inflammatory conditions, pediatric and adult rheumatologists are at the forefront, being called in around the world by specialist physicians to help crack the code and treat children affected by MIS-C.
As doctors work to understand this new syndrome and its characteristics, the Arthritis Foundation will continue to monitor this evolving situation, how it affects the juvenile arthritis community and what we can do to help.
“As we confront a new illness, we take much comfort that we have a head start on treatment,” says Guy Eakin, Senior Vice President, Scientific Strategy. “Arthritis Foundation-funded research has been a leader for decades in exploring and helping identify treatments that work across the spectrum of autoimmune diseases. That is part of the legacy of our long-standing science program. It reminds us of the importance that the Arthritis Foundation has placed on funding JA research, and strong clinical research networks like the Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA).”
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