Public health authorities in the United States and Europe are investigating dozens of cases of severe and unusual hepatitis in children.
Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. The cause is often a virus, but it is viruses that usually cause disease. However, this time the hepatitis case was not associated with other types of hepatitis.
The World Health Organization (WHO) also said it was investigating 74 cases of severe acute hepatitis in children under the age of 13 in the UK and Northern Ireland.
Three cases were also reported in Spain. It’s not clear when most children’s symptoms started, but of the first 10 identified in the UK, nine fell ill in March and one in January 2022.
“The clinical syndrome in the identified cases was acute hepatitis with marked elevation of liver enzymes, often accompanied by jaundice, sometimes preceded by gastrointestinal symptoms, in children, especially up to 10 years of age,” the WHO wrote on its official website quoted Saturday (16/4). /2022).
Some cases required transfer to a specialist pediatric liver unit and six children had liver transplants. As of April 11, no deaths have been reported among these cases and one epidemiologically related case has been detected.
Furthermore, WHO said an investigation by the relevant authorities is ongoing to include a more detailed exposure history, toxicological testing and additional virological/microbiological tests. Guidance has been provided to experts to support a thorough investigation of suspected cases.
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