What Is Kawasaki Disease?

Kawasaki disease, also known as Kawasaki syndrome is an inflammatory disease that is potentially fatal affecting the circulatory system, heart, skin, mucous membranes and the immune system generally in infants and children younger than five years of age. Aneurysms, due to the inflamed coronary arteries lead to stenosis or coronary artery thrombosis,aneurysm rupture, myocardial infarction and sudden death. The cause of this condition is unknown, but there has been an hypothesis linking this condition to genetically susceptible children experiencing abnormal immunological reaction to an infection.

Clinical manifestation of Kawasaki syndrome include an abrupt onset of fever ranging as high as 104°F (40°C), body rash spread over chest and genital