Mysterious Acute Hepatitis in Children, Dangers and How to Precept It
KOMPAS.COM – Mysterious hepatitis has become a hot conversation around the world.
The World Health Organization (WHO) also reported cases of hepatitis mysterious acute disease that infects children in America, Europe and Asia, since April 15, 2022.
In the latest case in Indonesia, the Indonesian Ministry of Health reported three children who died as a result of being infected with this disease.
Actually what is the mysterious hepatitis disease? Following are the symptoms, dangers and how to prevent them.
Hepatitis is a disease that causes inflammation of the organs liver.
Health practitioners often call it mysterious because of the cause The main cause of this disease has not been detected.
The cause is not viral hepatitis which has been known so far.
Thus said Prof. Dr. dr. Zubairi Djoerban, Sp.PD, KHOM, Doctor Internal Medicine Specialist Subspecialty Hematology Medical Oncology to Kompas.com, Wednesday (4/5/2022).
The most common causes of hepatitis are hepatitis A, B, and B viruses. C, D and E, but the cause was not detected in these patients.
But experts are investigating the exact cause of hepatitis the mysterious.
Some were found to have Adenovirus type 41, some were found SARS-CoV-2. Some of the combination of the two viruses, still may be triggered by other causes.
Its very possible that the cause is Adenovirus type 41, which was previously unknown have ever caused liver damage, except for those with poor immunity, explained he.
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