Kawasaki disease effects reduced with steroid treatment

A scientific study has shown that children with Kawasaki disease benefit from early steroid therapy combined with advocated treatment with aspirin and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). The steroids act to reduce coronary blood vessel inflammation, which untreated can cause significant heart disease and possibly death. Symptoms of Kawasaki disease include a prolonged fever of over 5 days, rash, reddened eyes, palms and bottoms of feet, and enlarged lymph glands. The cause is unknown, but the disease is highly sensitive to timely treatment.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by EurekAlert

Related Disease Topics:

• Kawasaki disease
• Coronary blood vessel inflammation

Related Symptom Topics:

• Prolonged fever
• Rash
• Reddened eyes
• Red palms
• Red bottoms of feet
• Enlarged lymph glands

Article Source Details

About: Kawasaki disease effects reduced with steroid treatment

Date: 3 October 2005

Source: EurekAlert

Author: Eryn Jelesiewicz

URL: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-10/tu-srh093005.php

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This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Cause of heart disease
• Cause of childhood heart disease
• Cause of coronary artery disease
• Cause of inflamed blood vessels
• Cause of Kawasaki disease
• Cause of heart vessel disease
• Cause of heart blood vessel disease
• Cause of death
• Cause of fatal heart disease
• Cause of prolonged fever
• Cause of rash
• Cause of skin rash
• Cause of childhood rash
• Cause of red soles
• Cause of red feet
• Cause of reddened eyes
• Cause of red palms
• Cause of red bottoms of feet
• Cause of enlarged lymph glands
• Cause of childhood illness
• Risk and Kawasaki disease
• Risk and heart disease
• Risk and heart vessel disease
• Risk and coronary artery disease
• Risk and coronary blood vessel inflammation
• Medication
• Medication and Kawasaki disease
• Medication and steroids
• Medication and IVIG
• Medication and intravenous immunoglobulin
• Medication and aspirin
• Medication and heart disease
• Medication and blood vessel inflammation
• Medication and coronary artery disease
• Medication and heart blood vessel inflammation
• Medication and childhood illness

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