Kawasaki Disease is a serious illness usually found in children under the age of 5
As per NHS website;
A child with Kawasaki disease has a high temperature that lasts for 5 days or longer, and possibly 1 or more of the following symptoms:
- a rash
- swollen glands in the neck
- dry, red cracked lips
- a swollen, bumpy, red tongue (“strawberry tongue”)
- red inside the mouth and at the back of the throat
- swollen and red hands and feet
- red eyes
basically the child is RAGING RED; HOT, RED EVERYWHERE AND IRRITABLE!
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