WRAL's Kirsten Gutierrez has more on the first confirmed case of MIS-C found in North Carolina.
ALSO BE PROVIDED WITH POCKET MASKS TO ELIMINATE MOUTH TO MOUTH CONTACT IN CASE CPR IS NEEDED. >>> A MYSTERIOUS ILLNESS IN CHILDREN LINKED TO COVID-19 IS NOW SEEN HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA. IT'S CALLED MULTISYSTEM INFLAMMATORY SYSTEM IN CHILDREN OR IMSC. IT'S A SERIOUS ILLNESS, AND IN SOME CASES CAN BE DEADLY. WE SPOKE WITH EXPERTS ON WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AS WE'RE NOW JUST 24 HOURS AWAY FROM FACE 2. AND WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND HERE ARE WONDERING IS IF THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTED CASES HERE IN THE TRIANGLE. >> REPORTER: WE TALKED TO WAKE MED, UNC, AND DUKE HOSPITALS, AND RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NO REPORTED CASES. BUT IF ANY CASES OF THIS ILLNESS POPS UP, THEY NEED TO BE REPORTED TO DHHS HERE BEHIND ME. WHILE THEY SAY THIS IS A SERIOUS PEOPLE, THEY WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE AND EMPHASIZE THAT IT'S RARE. >> I THINK WHILE PARENTS NEED TO BE AWARE OF IT, THEY DON'T NEED TO BE AFRAID OF IT. >> REPORTER: NORTH CAROLINA ANNOUNCED THE FIRST CASE OF MULTISYSTEM INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME IN CHILDREN TODAY. >> FIRST IT WAS IN EUROPE AND THEN NEW YORK STATE. IT WAS DESCRIBED AS CASES OF CHILDREN PRESENTING WITH ACUTE ONSETS OF THE CONDITION. >> REPORTER: EXPERTS SAY IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE MISC REACHED OUR STATE. IT'S THOUGHT TO DEVELOP 4 WEEKS AFTER EXPOSURE TO COVID-19. BUT EXPERTS SAY SOME CHILDREN NEVER HAD SYMPTOMS FROM THE VIRUS. >> IN KIDS IT SEEMS TO BE AN EXAGGERATED IMMUNE RESPONSE WHEN THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM HAS BEEN TURNED ON ALMOST TOO MUCH, SO WE USE VARIOUS MEDICATIONS THAT HELP TURN DOWN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM SOME. >> REPORTER: THE SYMPTOMS OF MISC CAN VARY AND BE EXTREME INCLUDING FEVER, IRRITABILITY, ABDOMINAL PAIN, VOMITING, RASH, RED, CRACKED LIPPED, AND SWOLLEN FEET. >> THE VAST MAJORITY OF CHILDREN, EVEN THOSE SEVERELY ILL, ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO RECOVER AND DO WELL. >> REPORTER: WITH NO REPORTED CASES IN OUR AREA, THEY SAY NOW IS THE TIME TO PLAN JUST IN CASE. >> WE ASKED YOUR PHYSICIANS AROUND NORTH CAROLINA TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR MSIC AND REPORT THEM. WHILE I'M NOT ABLE TO SHARE MORE ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC CHILD, I CAN NOW REPORT THEY'RE HOME AND DOING WELL. >> REPORTER: NOW EXPERTS WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE NOT TO PANIC AND STRESS THAT THIS IS VERY UNCOMMON. IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE CASES, STATE LEADERS SAY OUR
