Coronavirus-Related Syndrome Surfaces in Older Adults

A report in the Lancet indicated that a rare and potentially deadly condition exhibited in children and young adults after exposure to the novel coronavirus is being detected in older adults as well, according to Reuters . Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) can attack multiple organs, hinder heart function, and weaken heart arteries. Children initially suffer fever, rash, conjunctivitis, lower-limb swelling, pain in arms and legs, and significant gastrointestinal symptoms. Doctors at New York University reported a similar case in a 45-year-old male, while physicians at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn reported a MIS-C case last month in a 36-year-old woman in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine . Both research teams warned against drawing conclusions from these isolated cases, but expressed a desire to "heighten awareness" of the possibility that the syndrome can occur in adults.