Alarm at EODY for a suspected case of hepatitis in a child in Athens
The alarm has been set to EODY on the occasion of a possible case of hepatitis in a child in our country. According to information, a pediatrician called EODY and reported that a child who has been attending in Athens for about nine years showed increased liver indicators. In fact, the child had symptoms last week, including a fever. The same information states that he is now at home, is in good health and his liver indicators have decreased. This is probably not an acute case of hepatitis.
However, EODY conducts a series of tests to rule out any possibility. The first exams are negative while the next ones are expected in order to have safe conclusions.
The sources of the Ministry of Health state that there is no case of hepatitis in children in our country confirmed by EODY that occurs in other European countries and in the USA. All health organizations have been informed if there are symptoms in children to contact EODY and there is a complete business plan to create.
The president of EODY, Theoklis Zaoutis had already told ERT this morning that “we may have a case. hepatitis to children and in our country “.
According to the president of EODY it is “We may have a case of hepatitis in a child in our country as well.” The potential case is being tested for the adenovirus, which is thought to be responsible for hepatitis cases in children in a number of countries around the world. Most cases have been reported in the United States and the United Kingdom.
At the same time, he called on the country’s Children’s Hospitals to be on standby in order to receive and deal with possible cases.
EODY is calling the doctors to be vigilant
Meanwhile, through a document of EODY, received by the Hellenic Society for the Study of the Liver, the clinicians are called to be vigilant and to be vigilant for the timely detection of children under the age of 16, who show symptoms of hepatitis without a reason.
“The clinical syndrome occurs in children up to 16 years of age and includes acute hepatitis with markedly elevated transaminases, often jaundice, and gastrointestinal symptoms (mainly vomiting) preceding jaundice. The underlying cause of the increase, from the beginning of 2022, remains currently unknown “, notes, among other things, the document of EODY.
What are the symptoms?
- Jaundice
- Urine hyperpigmentation and / or stool discoloration
- Itching
- Arthralgia / myalgia
- Fever
- Motion sickness
- Vomiting or abdominal pain
- Lethargy or loss of appetite
- Serum transaminases> 500 IU / L
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