Multisystem inflammatory syndrome may refer to:
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Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (also known as 'paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome'), a rare life-threatening illness resembling Kawasaki disease that has been observed following exposure to the virus responsible for
COVID-19;
a similar syndrome has also been reported in adults.
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Kawasaki disease, a rare disease of unknown origin that affects young children, in which
blood vessels become inflamed throughout the body.
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Systemic inflammatory response syndrome, inflammation affecting the whole body in response to an infectious or noninfectious insult.
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Neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease, a rare genetic
autoinflammatory disease
Periodic fever syndromes are a set of disorders characterized by recurrent episodes of systemic and organ-specific inflammation. Unlike autoimmune disorders such as systemic lupus erythematosus, in which the disease is caused by abnormalities of ...
which causes uncontrolled
systemic inflammation
Chronic systemic inflammation (SI) is the result of release of pro-inflammatory cytokines from immune-related cells and the chronic activation of the innate immune system. It can contribute to the development or progression of certain conditions s ...
from early infancy.
[James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). ''Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology''. (10th ed.). Saunders. .]
See also
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Inflammation
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Multisystem disease
A systemic disease is one that affects a number of Organ (anatomy), organs and Tissue (biology), tissues, or affects the Human body, body as a whole.
Examples
* Mastocytosis, including mast cell activation syndrome and eosinophilic esophagitis
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Syndrome
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Inflammations