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Mercury Poisoning Easy to Mistake for Kawasaki Syndrome.
COEUR D'ALENE, IDAHO -- A child's red palms and soles may not be signs of Kawasaki syndrome, Dr. Bernice Krafchik said at the annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Dermatological Society.
When a young boy presented with lesions around his lips and redness on his hands and feet, Kawasaki syndrome was the first diagnosis entertained by Dr. Krafchik, head of the section on dermatology, division of pediatric medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, and her associates.
But this boy also had hypertension and hyperhidrosis, symptoms not generally present in Kawasaki syndrome. He also did not show some of the syndrome's classic signs--he was afebrile and there was no swelling on the dorsal surface of the hands and feet.
And he was not alone.
His brother was admitted with exactly the same signs and symptoms. ...
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- Magazine article from: Science News Edwards, Diane D. October 17, 1987 700+ words
...relatively rare childhood disorder called Kawasaki syndrome has stubbornly rebuffed scientists...aspects of the disease shows that Kawasaki syndrome still retains its secrets. Characterized...occasional damage to coronary arteries, Kawasaki syndrome is thought to be an infectious ...
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- Newspaper article from: Pediatric Report's Child Health Newsletter April 1, 1992 700+ words
...beginning, the disease known as Kawasaki syndrome has become a significant pediatric...condition. In a typical case of Kawasaki syndrome (KS), a child develops high fever...noted during a large outbreak of Kawasaki syndrome in Denver in 1982. At that time...
- Viral involvement in Kawasaki syndrome?
- Magazine article from: Science News Silberner, Joanne November 8, 1986 700+ words
Viral involvement in Kawasaki syndrome? Researchers from several...signs of viral involvement in Kawasaki syndrome. The cause of the illness...7/6/85, p. 10). Kawasaki syndrome includes among its symptoms...
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- News wire article from: UPI NewsTrack December 23, 2008 700+ words
...been diagnosed with the rare illness Kawasaki syndrome. Littrell explained on his Web site...before he was diagnosed with atypical Kawasaki syndrome. The ailment causes inflammation...surrounding the heart become inflamed. Kawasaki syndrome is a leading cause of acquired heart...
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- Newspaper article from: Pediatrics for Parents Monaco, John E. February 1, 1998 700+ words
Kawasaki Syndrome is the kind of exotic sounding...coronary aneurysms in children with Kawasaki Syndrome. So, for a child under 5 (80...hands and feet and GI complaints, Kawasaki Syndrome may well be considered as a possible...
- Kawasaki syndrome - rare but not unheard of. (Children in Hospitals...)
- Newspaper article from: Pediatrics for Parents Monaco, John E. February 1, 1996 700+ words
Kawasaki Syndrome is the kind of exotic sounding...coronary aneurysms in children with Kawasaki Syndrome. So, for a child under 5 (80...hands and feet and GI complaints, Kawasaki Syndrome may well be considered as a possible...
- Defining a disease; researchers are still trying to figure out the cause and...
- Magazine article from: Science News Silberner, Joanne July 6, 1985 700+ words
...researchers were all seeing is now known as Kawasaki syndrome, and was the subject of a symposium...victims recover. In Japan, where Kawasaki syndrome is most prevalent, 20 of every 100...death in the 0.3 to 2 percent of Kawasaki syndrome patients who die during the acute...
- Kawasaki syndrome. (Children in Hospitals ...).
- Newspaper article from: Pediatrics for Parents Monaco, John E. May 1, 2002 700+ words
...fearing that which one does not understand. In the case of Kawasaki Syndrome (KS), it is not as uncommon as one might think. In...child's doctor may begin to consider the possibility of Kawasaki Syndrome. Don't be overly alarmed if he does. Although not everything...
- Research brief: Virus linked to heart disease.(kawasaki syndrome may cause...
- Magazine article from: GP February 4, 2005 700+ words
US researchers have linked a newly discovered virus to Kawasaki disease, a common cause of acquired heart disease in children in developed countries. Eight out of 11 children with Kawasaki disease tested positive for the New Haven coronavirus, while only one out of 22 control subjects was infected.
- Brazil's mercury poisoning disaster.
- Magazine article from: British Medical Journal Byrne, Louise May 30, 1992 700+ words
...will meet Amazonia's victims of mercury poisoning 30 years after the first case was...least 600 Japanese people suffered mercury poisoning and 79 people died after eating fish...and buyers were the main victims of mercury poisoning. But new studies of hair samples...
Source: HighBeam Research, Mercury Poisoning Easy to Mistake for Kawasaki Syndrome.