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| | Pediatric Advisor 2005.2: Kawasaki Disease |
 | | You think your child has Kawasaki disease and he is acting very sick. | | | You should speak to your physician or make an appointment to be seen if you have questions or concerns about this information or your medical condition. | | | When blood flow to the heart is blocked, the heart muscle can be damaged. |
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http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/pa/pa_kawasaki_hhg.htm
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| | Kawasaki Disease -- familydoctor.org |
| | If your child gets heart problems from Kawasaki disease, your doctor will talk with you about any special care your child needs. | | | Your doctor will prescribe medicines to make your child feel better and to prevent the problems Kawasaki disease can cause. | | | Your doctor has given your child an exam and asked about his or her symptoms. |
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http://www.familydoctor.org/x2042.xml?printxml
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| | Kawasaki Disease |
| | Kawasaki disease was first described in Japan in 1967. | | | An association between exposure to rug shampooing and Kawasaki disease has not been confirmed in recent studies. | | | This information is based on research by the author and represents his interpretation of the literature. |
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http://www.tfn.net/HealthGazette/kawasaki.html
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| | There is some concern that children with damaged coronary arteries will have problems later in life, but this seems to be very rare. | | | The Arthritis Foundation works with children with KD and so does the American Heart Association. | | | Your doctor should be able to tell you if there is any reason to be unusually concerned. |
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http://www.goldscout.com/kd.html
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| | Kawasaki Disease - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital |
| | Scientists believe a virus may be responsible, but current research is still underway. | | | Heart-related complications can be temporary or may affect the child long-term. | | | Your child's physician will obtain a medical history, and perform a physical examination. |
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http://www.lpch.org/DiseaseHealthInfo/HealthLibrary/cardiac/kawasaki.html
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| | Kawasaki Disease Research Program |
| | Her current research focuses on contemporary practices of cultural production in Japanese organizations and on transnational processes of creating consensus in Kawasaki Disease. | | | Turner is author of the book Japanese Workers in Protest:An Ethnography of Culture and Experience(1994) and articles exploring culture and inequality in Japan and China. | | | For more information about this seminar, click here. |
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http://www.emory.edu/CHCS/p_histmed_Kawasaki.htm
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| | CHEC Articles: Carpet Cleaners and Kawasaki Disease |
| | Researchers investigating an outbreak in Denver found that 11 out of 23 of the children with Kawasaki Disease (48%) were living in homes where carpets had been shampooed within 30 days of the onset of symptoms; 10 of these children had played on the carpets two hours after they had been shampooed. | | | In the control group (those who did not have the disease), only nine of 86 families (10%) had also shampooed carpets within 30 days. | | | Jett was diagnosed with Kawasaki Disease, a childhood immune system disease that causes the inflammation of blood vessels throughout the body and, if untreated, may affect the heart. |
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http://www.checnet.org/healthehouse/education/articles-detail.asp?Main_ID=443
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| | FamilyFun: Health Encyclopedia: Kawasaki Disease |
| | • Is recovering from Kawasaki disease and develops chest pain, pallor and difficulty breathing, which suggest serious heart problems. | | | Excerpt from THE DISNEY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BABY & CHILD CARE, © 1995 DSH Communications, Inc. This material is based on current medical research and, to the best of the editors' knowledge and understanding, is accurate and valid. | | | Kawasaki disease is treated with high-dose intravenous gamma globulin therapy, which is usually administered in the hospital. |
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http://familyfun.go.com/parenting/child/health/childhealth/dony79enc_kawa
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| | Kawasaki Disease A Parent's Guide |
| | Jane W. Newburger, MD Sarah de Ferranti, MD Kawasaki disease is an illness that gives inflammation of the blood vessels in the whole body. | | | Kawasaki disease is a self—limited illness, which means the symptoms go away on their own. | | | However, many parts of the body are still affected by the disease. |
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http://www.kdfoundation.org/guide.html
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| | Free Online Medical Diagnosis by Symptoms |
| | Symptoms are those complaints or problems that bring a patient to the doctor or other health care provider. | | | Your use of this site is subject to certain terms and conditions. | | | Symptoms are manifestations or causes of a disease or group of diseases. |
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http://MyElectronicMD.com
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| | Welcome to KDFoundation |
| | The Foundation focuses on awareness, support, and research. | | | Our heart goes out to all those affected by Hurricane Katrina. | | | The Kawasaki Disease Foundation is partnership of parents, patients, and professionals dedicated to advancing Kawasaki Disease issues. |
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http://www.kawasakidiseasefoundation.org
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| | Kawasaki disease - General Practice Notebook |
| | The highest incidence is in Japan but is becoming increasingly recognised in the West. | | | Kawasaki disease is a febrile systemic vasculitis predominantly affecting children under the age of 5. | | | The most serious complication of Kawasaki disease is coronary arteritis and aneurysm formation which occurs in a third of untreated patients. |
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http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/cache/1751842816.htm
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| | Kawasaki Disease |
| | The incidence is higher in Japan than in any other country. | | | The heart may be affected in as many as one of five children who develop Kawasaki disease. | | | The likelihood of developing coronary artery disease later in life is not known, and remains the subject of medical investigation. |
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http://www.americanheart.com/presenter.jhtml?identifier=162
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| | Kawasaki Disease |
| | KidsHealth > Parents > Medical Problems > Allergies and the Immune System > Kawasaki Disease | | | Kawasaki Disease is an illness that involves the skin, mouth, and lymph nodes, and typically affects children who are under the age of 5. | | | The child may also experience joint pain, diarrhea, vomiting, or abdominal pain. |
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http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/medical/allergies/kawasaki.html
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| | Newly Discovered Virus Linked to Childhood Lung Disorders and Kawasaki Disease |
| | Eight (73 percent) of the Kawasaki patients but only one (5 percent) of the comparison group tested positive for the New Haven coronavirus. | | | Genetic evidence now suggests that a previously unknown coronavirus may account for some of the many respiratory diseases for which a causative agent is unidentified, and may have a role in Kawasaki disease, the most common cause of acquired heart disease in children in developed countries. | | | Founded in 1904, The Journal of Infectious Diseases is the premier publication in the Western Hemisphere for original research on the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases; on the microbes that cause them; and on disorders of host immune mechanisms. |
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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=19030&nfid=mnf
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| | HSC: Learning about Kawasaki Disease |
| | This web site will give you some information about it and how it may affect a child. | | | Kawasaki disease is a group of specific symptoms and physical signs. | | | Kawasaki disease is a frightening and rare condition in children. |
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http://www.sickkids.on.ca/Kawasaki/default.asp
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| | Kawasaki Disease Fact Sheet |
| | See your doctor immediately if you think your child may have this disease | | | Kawasaki disease is treated in the hospital with medications that reduce inflammation. | | | Twenty to 25% of children with this disease may develop swellings of the arteries in the heart if they are not treated. |
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http://www.edcp.org/factsheets/kawasaki.html
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Kawasaki disease |
| | Calling your health care provider Return to top | | | The diagnosis is usually made based on the patient having most of the classic symptoms. | | | Kawasaki disease occurs most frequently in Japan, where the disease was first discovered, but it occurs in all ethnicities. |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000989.htm
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| | LookSmart - Kawasaki Disease or Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syn. |
| | We're always looking for ways to improve your search experience. | | | Discusses symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of this disease that affects several organ systems in the body. | | | Explore photos and clinical descriptions of a four-year-old patient with the swelling and rash illness, Kawasaki Syndrome. |
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http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus317837/eus317920/eus53948/eus67314/eus71893/eus274003/r?l&
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| | Kawasaki Disease |
| | Includes personal story, basic information about the disease, support and links | | | Kawasaki Disease Foundation - A partnership of parents, patients, and professionals. | | | Kawasaki Family Network - Provides support and information about this disease to patients and their families, tracks current research in this area and has links to other helpful sites on KD. |
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http://www.findly.com/kawasaki-disease.htm
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| | Kawasaki Disease MEDSTUDENTS-PEDIATRICS |
| | Thrombolytic therapy with agents such as streptokinase has been used for patients with thrombosis or peripheral artery ischemia. | | | Corticosteroids therapy is rarely used in Kawasaki disease, and some consider it contraindicated. | | | Salicylate therapy is also indicated during the febrile phase; therapeutic serum concentrations of 20-30mg/dl are desirable but may be difficult to achieve, even whit doses of salicylates as high as 100mg/kg/24hr. |
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http://www.medstudents.com.br/pedia/pedia4.htm
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| | KAWASAKI DISEASE |
| | THOMAS J. Kawasaki disease is a children's illness. | | | Health > Diseases and Conditions > A-Z > Conditions I-L > Kawasaki Disease | | | Kawasaki Syndrome: Physicians of the Geisinger Health System |
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| | UCSD Study Reveals Pediatricians Overlook Kawasaki Disease In Extremes Of Pediatric Age Ranges |
| | The disease and symptoms are treatable with gamma globulin. | | | Newly Discovered Virus Linked To Childhood Lung Disorders And Kawasaki Disease (January 25, 2005) -- A newly discovered virus may be responsible for many respiratory tract illnesses in infants and children, and may be associated with an important multi-organ disease whose cause has remained a... | | | Kawasaki disease afflicts children of all races but physicians see it most often among children of Asian descent. |
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/08/040811081938.htm
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| | Kawasaki Disease |
| | In as many as 15 to 25 percent of the children with Kawasaki disease, the heart is affected. | | | Doctors don't know what causes Kawasaki disease, but it doesn't seem to be hereditary or contagious. | | | Another medicine, intravenous gamma globulin, can decrease the risk of developing coronary artery abnormalities when given early in the illness. |
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http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4634
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| | Kawasaki Syndrome information, NCID, CDC |
| | Kawasaki syndrome (KS) is an acute febrile illness of unknown etiology that primarily affects children younger than 5 years of age. | | | Holman RC, Shahriari A, Effler PV, Belay ED, Schonberger LB. | | | KS was first described in Japan by Tomisaku Kawasaki in 1967, and the first cases outside of Japan were reported in Hawaii in 1976. |
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http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/kawasaki/index.htm
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| | Causes and Risk Factors Related to Kawasaki Disease |
| | The disease is also similar to other infectious diseases such as scarlet fever and some viruses. | | | It may be related to an infection, since the disease is almost always seen only in children, suggesting adults have developed an immunity to something that may cause the disease. | | | Genes may play a role, since individuals of Japanese origin, no matter where they live, are more likely to be affected, and siblings of children who have Kawasaki disease have a higher risk of getting the disease. |
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http://www.mayoclinic.org/pediatric-kawasaki/causes.html
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| | SupportPath.com: Kawasaki Disease |
| | Up to 20% of children with Kawasaki Disease may develop heart disease due to swelling of the heart arteries. | | | Usually affecting children under the age of five (most often between ages 1-3 and in children of Asian descent), the cause of Kawasaki Disease is not known however it is not thought to be contagious. | | | Description: Search results for "Kawasaki Disease" from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). |
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http://www.supportpath.com/sl_k/kawasaki_disease.htm
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| | Study on Kawasaki Disease |
| | The Hong Kong Kawasaki Disease Study Group (HKKDSG) was formed 6 years ago and members include all paediatric cardiologists and some paediatrician interested in Kawasaki Disease (KD). | | | We have designed a checklist that is used when patient was admitted into the hospital. | | | The checklist helps to facilitate paediatricians in monitoring, record keeping and checking all the symptoms and signs of the disease It also serves as a standardized management protocol. |
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http://www.medicine.org.hk/hkps/kawasaki.htm
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| | Kawasaki disease information Diseases Database |
| | The Diseases Database is not a diagnostic or clinical decision-making tool. | | | Please consult your own licensed physician regarding diagnosis and treatment of any medical condition! |
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| | Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | | | For more information on health topics in the news, visit the healthfinder® |
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| | Kawasaki Disease - Abby's Story |
| | This site was originally set up to let viewers know about Kawasaki Disease, with the hope that some how we might make a dent in the anonymity of this horrible Disease. | | | Since this site has been published, we have received numerous e-mails which are published in our discussion group called Kawasaki Kids |
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| | Hardin MD : Kawasaki Disease |
| | Kawasaki syndrome (Scroll down to Causes and Symptoms) | | | MEDLINEplus Health Encyclopedia : Disease : Kawasaki disease | | | LookSmart : Kawasaki disease or mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome |
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http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/kawasaki.html
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| | home.htm |
| | For those affected by Kawasaki Syndrome (Kawasaki Disease), we hope to accomplish a few modest goals: | | | This link contains the program of the 1999 Sixth International Symposium on Kawasaki Disease; abstracts are being posted as time permits. | | | Let us know if it is OK to list you on our "Families" page. |
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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/kawasaki
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