Doctors are seeing an increase in what's being called multi-system inflammatory syndrome

in children.

It felt like almost electricity or fire, of course, even moments.

It's been seen in children across Europe.

It's been in at least 18 states now plus Washington, D.C.

In the last few months, health officials in Europe and the United States have begun looking

into a new condition affecting children.

Children are showing up in hospitals with severe inflammation and poor function in some

of their organs, including their kidneys and heart.

It's particularly surprising because in most cases, these children were seemingly healthy

without any underlying conditions before they developed this syndrome.

So in this episode, I'm going to explore what we currently know about the new syndrome

and how doctors are treating it and also what it was actually like for one little girl

and her family.

I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent, and this is coronavirus, fact,

versus fiction.

Now as a father myself, I want to start off by reassuring parents that this condition

we're talking about today remains rare for the time being.

To date, there have been fewer than 200 reported patients in the United States who doctors

are still investigating.

The CDC is calling it multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C for short.

There is still a lot we're figuring out about it.

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