Lucknow, Oct 5 (TIWN) A multisystem inflammatory syndrome is emerging in children (MIS-C) after recovery from Covid in Uttar Pradesh.

The residual effect of the virus is posing a challenge with rising MIS-C cases.  According to medical experts, MIS-C is a serious condition in which organs such as heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes or gastrointestinal organs get inflamed leading to malfunction. It can happen due to several reasons, but at present, most cases are associated with Covid.  It has been seen that antibodies created in children and teenagers during Covid continue to operate even after recovery. At times, these antibodies go out of control and start attacking healthy cells of the organs which results in inflammation.  About 50 cases of MIS-C, including five from Lucknow, have been reported in the past three months in the state capital.  The patients were mainly aged between four and 18 years and had recovered from Covid but developed MIS-C a month after recovery.