Experts Call Possible Mysterious Hepatitis Is Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic – TribunNews.com
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TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA – So far, the exact cause is unknown from the emergence of a mysterious Hepatitis that infects children.
Researchers and health experts are still doing research to find out What caused it. However, some hypotheses have actually popping up.
One of them is from Griffith University Epidemiologist Dicky Budiman. He said from the start he had a hypothesis if the phenomenon This mysterious hepatitis is part of a pandemic.
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As a form of Long Covid-19. Or those who dont even have to wait many years. Even a year or two after this pandemic we can already see, he told Tribunnews, Friday (13/4/2022).
This hypothesis arises with several things. First study conducted Israel states that 90 percent of those infected with Hepatitis, at one In the last year, I have been infected with Covid-19. Illustration of a sick child (Freepik) Second, the current cases are mostly under the age of 5 years. Majority highest at the age of 2-3 years which we know in fact they havent eligible to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
Cases in adults are few or very rare. This also strengthens the hypothesis that protection from vaccination as some research shows to reduce the Long Covid-19, he said again.
This is reinforced by the refutation of the Adenovirus hypothesis. That part In most cases of infected children, Adenovirus is not found in in the blood in high amounts.
In some cases, Adenovirus is also found to be question. Why does a virus that has been known to be benign? cause infection?
Dicky said there were findings that suspected that the presence of infection Covid-19, the T cells which are the bodys defense cells become weak. Or cause immune system dysfunction.
