Following an increase in COVID-19 cases in early January, local doctors are now seeing an increase in another disease in children.
Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome in children, also called MIS-C, causes different parts of the body to be inflamed. New state data shows there are 302 reported cases of MIS-C statewide. That’s up from 176 cases in January and 157 in December.
Dr. Dean Blumberg, chief of pediatric infectious diseases at UC Davis Children’s Hospital said that there have been reports of children dying from it. There have also been reports of children having to have their arms or legs amputated, and it can affect the heart very severely, Dr. Bumberg said.
