Kawasaki Disease Primer, With Photos

Last week, the NYT published a story about Dr. Jane Burns' quest to solve the mystery of Kawasaki Disease. They also published a how-to spot it, but without photos. This is your primer, with photos.

Leo with Kawasaki Disease, pre-diagnosis. Note the swollen glands on his neck, red skin, ruby red lips: all signs of KD. ©Deborah Copaken

I’ve lost count of the number of friends who sent me last week’s New York Times article on Dr. Jane Burns’ research into the roots of Kawasaki Disease, a formerly rare but now increasingly common heart ailment that att…