The WHO (World Health Organization) warned about cases of hepatitis that have been registered in different parts of the world and in the last few hours it was confirmed that eight affected minors are being analyzed in Argentina.
The hepatitis It presents symptoms to which attention should be paid, since the cases reported to date are not related to each other, but they present similar characteristics. The illness it can get worse and there are already cases in which children have required liver transplants.
“If the boy has a high fever, the general condition is bad or shows signs of dehydration such as a very dry mouth or it touches the skin and is marked, you have to make the consultation,” he warned about the hepatitis Pediatric infectologist Analía Cristófano.
The specialist spoke with Telam and asked parents to pay attention if their children have darker urine or a yellow color on their skin, which would be an immediate alert to seek medical advice. Nevertheless, He clarified that it is not necessary for all children with simple gastrointestinal problems to go to a guard.
The presentations begin as nonspecific gastrointestinal complaints, with or without diarrhea. At this time, the Ministry of Health is investigating eight cases that, although they have not been classified as hepatitis Serious, they meet all the characteristics.
There was always hepatitis
Government authorities assured that there had always been cases of hepatitis acute, although the difference is that at this time there is a global alert for an outbreak in which the population has no ties to each other.
Most of the cases analyzed by the WHO occur in Europe, especially in the United Kingdom, where there are more than a hundred children affected and almost a dozen have died from the complication of their symptoms. No relationship has been found between this condition and coronavirus and any link to vaccination was ruled out.
