After the World Health Organization announced a simple spread of some cases, acute hepatitisAnd receiving reports of at least 169 cases of “acute hepatitis of unknown origin” in 12 countries, the consultant of hepatology and infectious diseases explained in an interview with “Al Arabiya.net” about preventing hepatitis and how to monitor its symptoms.
Dr. Yasser Al-Tabbakh, a consultant in hepatology and infectious diseases at Cairo University, explained to Al Arabiya.net that acute hepatitis is a frequent occurrence in children as a result of infection with some viruses, the most famous of which is hepatitis (A, B, C) and some other viruses that may lead to inflammation. Hepatic like (CMV – EBV.
Liver transplant
With the emergence of the Corona virus epidemic, medical tests have proven that people infected with Covid 19 may have some slight imbalance in liver function tests when exposed to a severe viral infection without a deterioration in cases to the stage of acute liver failure, which requires a liver transplant.
The liver disease consultant also continued, that some evidence also indicates that these children are likely to be infected with another type of virus (adeno virus), which is known to infect humans, causing a simple viral infection in most cases without any serious complications in most cases.
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Prevention and vaccines
On how to prevent infection, the cook indicated that it is by following the instructions of personal hygiene mainly, and paying attention to proper nutrition to strengthen the immune system and maintaining good ventilation to reduce the spread of viruses.
He also explained that there are available preventive and effective vaccines for most hepatitis viruses, which are compulsory in most countries of the world, which contributes significantly to limiting and reducing these health problems.
Symptoms
While the symptoms in the first stage are simple, ranging from fatigue, a slight rise in temperature, loss of appetite, and in many cases, the patient recovers without any additional symptoms, in other times, a rise in the proportion of bile in the blood occurs with the progression of the disease.