Mangaluru: A team of doctors Wenlock District Hospital In Mangaluru Claimed to have successfully treated a 16-year-old girl who had tested positive for COVID-19 under Category C and was diagnosed with Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C).
The first girl to be treated for MIS-C at Wenlock Hospital made a full recovery and was discharged on Tuesday after 24 days of treatment, Dr Sarat Babu, Pulmonologist Wenlock Hospital Told TOI.
“The critical care team of the hospital treated the girl in the ICU for 13 days, out of which she was on ventilator support for eight days. She was diagnosed under Category C of Covid-19. The only complication in Category C is Pneumonia and There is respiratory failure. However, this girl had several complications with multiple organ involvement. She also had pneumonia and other systemic inflammation. Hence, we treated her as a case of MIS-C,” Dr Sharath Babu said.
“Usually, when children are tested positive for COVID-19, they show symptoms of MIS-C even after four weeks. Hence, we treated him on the same lines as MIS-C, although he had other complications. She had sepsis with shock, thrombocytopenia, anemia, hypoxic seizure and was pulled out after eight days of mechanical ventilation,” he said.
The first girl to be treated for MIS-C at Wenlock Hospital made a full recovery and was discharged on Tuesday after 24 days of treatment, Dr Sarat Babu, Pulmonologist Wenlock Hospital Told TOI.
“The critical care team of the hospital treated the girl in the ICU for 13 days, out of which she was on ventilator support for eight days. She was diagnosed under Category C of Covid-19. The only complication in Category C is Pneumonia and There is respiratory failure. However, this girl had several complications with multiple organ involvement. She also had pneumonia and other systemic inflammation. Hence, we treated her as a case of MIS-C,” Dr Sharath Babu said.
“Usually, when children are tested positive for COVID-19, they show symptoms of MIS-C even after four weeks. Hence, we treated him on the same lines as MIS-C, although he had other complications. She had sepsis with shock, thrombocytopenia, anemia, hypoxic seizure and was pulled out after eight days of mechanical ventilation,” he said.
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