Tribunnews Reporter, Fitri Wulandari
TRIBUNNEWS.COM, GENEVA – In recent weeks, there have been a number of cases acute hepatitis of unknown cause and affects children.
These findings were detected in several countries including Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Spain, United States (US), Singapore, Japan to Indonesia.
What exactly acute hepatitis this?
Quoted from the page euro.who.int, Monday (9/5/2022), this is the term used to describe acute inflammation of the liver.
Acute hepatitis can be caused by various cause of infection and non-infectious.
There are 3 main types of acute viral hepatitis: hepatitis A, B and C, while viral hepatitis D and E are more uncommon, especially in high-income environments.
What makes this outbreak so unusual? Severe acute hepatitis, generally rare in young children.
However, initial reports of a possible increase in cases came from Scotland.
These findings led to warnings being raised elsewhere in the UK and globally, with people searching and finding more similar cases.
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