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How Severe Is Kawasaki Disease In A Child?
Hi, I am wanting to ask a question about my granddaughter. She is 6 years old, and weighs around 49lbs. She started complianing about chest pains about 6 months ago so we took her to the hospital . The doctors there ran a series of tests on her & came back to say she has Kawasaki disease. We just took her to a pediatric Cardiologist where they are now saying all 4 chambers of her heart had been leaking and that 3 of them were healing on their own but that the valve on the right side was still leaking so they want to put her on a monitor for 30 days to I guess find out what she is doing when the pain starts in her chest. Is this a bad sign for my grandchild? Does this mean that her heart is bad or that her problems could be fetal? I am so WORRIED about our granddaughter! Please could someone explain to me about the monitor & what to expect in the future for our grandchild! Thank you so much for any help! A worried Grandmother
Wed, 28 Jun 2017
Hi... your grand daughter if correctly diagnosed with Kawasaki disease .. can be treated with medicines. the valve leak ... called regurgitation .. is usually mild and self resolving in most cases . The monitor (mostly a loop recorder, I guess) is for monitoring irregularities in the rate and rhythm of heart and if any changes in the heart blood flow (ischemia). your grand daughter will surely be fine and the disease is a treatable one.
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