Child faces serious health condition for life after exposure to rare disease related to “Covid-19”

An 11-month-old girl developed a heart condition throughout her life after contracting a syndrome associated with “Covid-19”.

Leah Goodwin was first diagnosed with PMIS, similar to Kawasaki disease, last April when she was hospitalized with a high fever and rash when she was five months old.

Her mother, Hannah, initially thought it was an allergic reaction, but emergency services asked her mother, from South Wales, to take her daughter to the Royal Joint Hospital in Newport, where Leah was placed directly on antibiotics for suspicion. sepsis or meningitis.

Leah’s condition quickly worsened and she was transferred to a high-control unit before being transferred to Noah’s Ark Hospital in Cardiff.

Eventually, she was diagnosed with “Covid-19” associated inflammatory syndrome, which is a side effect of the virus in children.

The disease has become known as the Temporary Covid-19 related infantile multisystem inflammatory syndrome (PIMS).

Leah developed abnormal swelling of the heart artery wall, which could cause a heart attack or heart disease in the future.

The girl was left with a condition of multiple heart aneurysms, resulting from a different systemic inflammatory syndrome in children temporarily associated with “Covid-19,” which Lia is believed to have contracted after being infected with the Corona virus.

Leah spent four weeks in the hospital, but now, after six months, her condition is doing well.

Hannah indicated that Leah had a twin named Thia and that the twins were healthy at birth. However, during her hospital stay in April and May, it was discovered that Leah had multiple aneurysms in her heart.

An aneurysm is an abnormal bulge in an arterial wall in the heart that can cause a heart attack or heart disease.

Due to heart ailments in the family, both Thia and Leah were examined after giving birth and found that Thia had a hole in her heart but Lea looked healthy.

Therefore, doctors can identify an aneurysm in the heart as a consequence of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children temporarily related to “Covid-19”.

Hannah explained: “She will be dependent on blood thinners for the rest of her life. Because of the aneurysm in her heart, it is necessary to ensure that her blood does not clot.”

“He appears to be stable now. The only risk factor is any stress that could put pressure on his heart,” he added.

Hannah said Leah may need surgery in the future, which could include a heart transplant. But hope this is not required.

Leah is now wearing a helmet to protect her from any bumps and falls that could lead to a stressful reaction in her heart.

One of the mysteries the family still has to face is how Leah got infected with “Covid-19” in the first place.

Source: Daily Star