Diagnosing Kawasaki disease

Diagnosing Kawasaki disease

This can be diagnosed clinically, which is in line with medical complaints, as there is no specific test for the diagnosis of Kawasaki disease. Diagnosis is a process of exclusion of diseases that cause similar symptoms, including:


Some of the symptoms that can be identified visibility

• erythema on the lips or oral cavity or cracks on the lips
• rash on the trunk
• swelling or redness of the skin on the hands or feet
• red eyes (conjunctival injection)
• oteklých nodes in the neck at least 15 mm.
• Red Spark, which is caused by streptococcal bacteria and results in fever, skin rash, fever and sore throat
• Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
• Stevens-Johnson syndrome, failure of the mucous
• Toxic shock syndrome
• Measles
• Herpes virus and Epstein-Barr virus infection that causes fever
• Some tick transmitted diseases such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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