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Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - Kawasaki Disease

Symptoms & Signs

What are the signs and symptoms of the disease?

Kawasaki's disease may cause the following symptoms:

  • arthritis, or joint pain and swelling
  • conjunctivitis, or inflammation of the front part of the eye
  • fever, often greater than 104 degrees F, for at least 5 days
  • irritability
  • peeling of the skin of the hands and feet and sometimes the genital area
  • rash, usually on the trunk
  • redness of the mouth, tongue, lips, and throat
  • swelling of the hands, feet, fingertips, and toes
  • swollen lymph nodes, primarily in the neck

    • If the heart and coronary arteries are involved, the child may have the following symptoms:

  • chest pain
  • a rapid heartbeat
  • shortness of breath

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