Girl, 15, one of first kids to die from coronavirus-linked inflammatory condition as mom reveals warning signs
A GIRL has died from rare inflammatory illness linked to COVID-19 — marking one of the first children to die from the sickness.
Dar'yana Dyson, 15, went to a hospital in on May 11 .
"It happened so fast. I never thought that taking my daughter to the hospital for a stomach pain that I wouldn't be walking out of there with her,” her mom, Kandace Knight, .
While hospitalized, Dar’yana .
Knight said: "It was through her whole body, through her feet, her hands, her back and then it just disappeared. We never seen the rash again.”
The 15-year-old initially tested negative for , but she later tested positive for coronavirus antibodies.
"They said that somehow or another, she got both the coronavirus and the children's one,” Knight told the news station.
Dar’yana was placed on a ventilator, but died on Saturday — six days after entering the .
"She just was too good for this world, she was too good for this world. She was so beautiful, she was too good for this world.”
Several kids , which has been linked to the virus.
In New York, the epicenter of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, said .
The syndrome affects blood vessels and organs, and has symptoms similar to those of Kawasaki disease and toxic shock.
Dr Scott Krugman, a , told WBAL they are currently no specific treatments for the condition.
“It's a post-infection inflammatory condition that appears to affect children who have had the COVID infection, which they might not have even known they had because they were very asymptomatic and then three or four weeks down the road, the body has a super response to the immune system and causes inflammation throughout the entire body,” Krugman said.
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Krugman said several cases have shown up in the area, and added: “We are treating it like Kawasaki, so we're giving immunoglobulin or IVIG.”
“We're giving steroids these are things that can [tampen] down the immune response and there will be supportive treatments like helping breathe for the child or giving medicine to keep blood pressure up.”
“If you have a child with a prolonged fever and rash, if a child's having a really high fever up to 102, 103 that's lasting for more than three or four days, you need to seek medical attention,” he said.