Kawasaki disease

Kawasaki diseaes, also known as muco-cuta-meous lymph node syndrome (MCLS), is a pediatric acute febrile eruptive disease with systemic vasculitis becoming the main disease. In 1967, Dr. Tosaku Kawasaki of Japan first reported. Because this disease can cause severe cardiovascular disease, it has attracted people's attention. In recent years, the incidence of rheumatic diseases has increased. In 1990, there were 67 cases of Kawasaki disease and 27 cases of rheumatic fever in Beijing Children's Hospital. In the same data of 11 hospitals in other provinces and cities, Kawasaki disease was twice as high as rheumatism. Obviously, Kawasaki disease has replaced rheumatic fever as one of the main causes of acquired heart disease in children in China. Kawasaki disease is currently considered to be an immune-mediated vasculitis.

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