Child dies with suspected case of acute hepatitis at Hospital La Raza

The Secretary of Health of Hidalgo, Alejandro Efrain Benitez Herrera, reported that in this entity the death of a boy originally from Tulancingo due hepatitis. He was initially hospitalized at the IMSS hospital in Pachuca and was transferred to the The race, in Mexico City. It is still pending to determine if the virus that caused his death was the acute variant.

It continues to be a suspicious case due to its rapid evolution and because unfortunately the boy died today at 2:45 in the morning, but the IMSS still cannot confirm that it is a case of severe acute viral hepatitis of unknown cause, because the INDRE did not tell us The last viral panel has been reported, if the last viral panel reported by the INDRE is negative for hepatitis and in particular, then we could be talking about this type of problem in the state of Hidalgo”, indicated Benítez Herrera.

The official specified that in addition to this case, three others – located in Zimapán – are under suspicion. It is expected that in the next few hours the Institute of Epidemiological Diagnosis and Reference (INDRE) will confirm or rule out the possibility.

The head of the state health services added that there was a fifth suspected case in the municipality of Tepeji del Río; however, it was already ruled out because it resulted from the type A variant.

Benítez Herrera asked the population not to fall into psychosis, that “the feeling that it is something similar to covid does not spread.”

He explained that hepatitis is a seasonal disease, caused by the low availability of water, by the ease of food to be contaminated with feces.

That is the form of transmission of viral hepatitis A, which we observe most frequently in the state,” he added.

The Secretary of Health specified that although it is an alert situation, “not alarm, it is not serious or worrying, it is occupation.”

According to the official, last year there were 11 cases of hepatitis A, one of B and two of C; while for the cut of the quarter of the current year there are 7 of hepatitis A; 4 B and 4 of C.

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