By Malinka Kaluarachchi, News Writer

March 4, 2021

    While once seen as a mystery illness that would strike after contracting COVID-19, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome, the condition has since been described as a post-viral syndrome, which occurs mostly after a patient has had COVID-19 or been around someone who has COVID-19. The condition causes different parts of the body to become inflamed, including a person’s heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes, or other organs. The symptoms include fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, red eyes, and fatigue. At the beginning of the pandemic, it seemed as if it was only affecting children, but it has been discovered multisystem inflammatory syndrome can occur in adults too. MIS-C occurs in children while MIS-A occurs in adults, however, it is still mostly children who come into the hospitals with prolonged fever. “In fact, some patients may not even know...