<span style="color: #222222;">An inflammatory syndrome in children, believed to be linked to COVID-19, could damage their heart to such an extent that some kids may need lifelong monitoring and interventions, according to a review of studies.<br />” <br />” The research, published in the journal EClinicalMedicine, assessed more than 600 case studies of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), revealing that the condition can strike seemingly healthy children without warning three or four weeks after asymptomatic COVID-19 infections.<br />” <br />” According to the literature, children did not need to exhibit the classic upper respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 to develop MIS-C, which is frightening, said study co-author Alvaro Moreira from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the US.<br />” <br />” Children might have no symptoms, no one knew they had the disease, and a few weeks later, they may develop this exaggerated inflammation in the body,Moreira added. The study noted that more than a fifth of the children required mechanical ventilation, and 11 children died.<br />” <br />” The researchers also found that almost half of patients who had MIS-C had an underlying medical condition, and of those, half of the individuals were obese or overweight.</span><br />