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kawasaki Disease in USA

Kawasaki disease (KD), also known as Kawasaki syndrome, lymph node syndrome and mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, is an autoimmune disease in which the medium-sized blood vessels throughout the body become inflamed. It is largely seen in children under five years of age. Kawasaki disease mostly affects children of Japanese and Korean descent but can affect all ethnic groups and involves inflammation of the blood vessels in the arteries, especially the coronary arteries.oversharing" can actually be a true help in the face of life-threatening disease. According to the Slate piece, after posting pictures online a friend quickly came to her with an opinion, which ended up being the correct diagnosis of her son's illness.know, that title seems a tad dramatic, but it really is the case that without Facebook, the story could have ended much differently. On Mother’s Day, Kogan awoke to find her son Leo had a fever and a mild rash. Like any concerned mother she took him to a urg...