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Patra: Alarm for a child with symptoms of hepatitis – He was rushed to Athens

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The boy was initially treated at the Karamandani Children’s Hospital with diarrhea and vomiting, symptoms that resembled gastroenteritis.

An alarm was sounded at the Patras health authorities, after suspicious symptoms of hepatitis appeared by a 2-year-old boy.

According to exclusive information of tempo24.news, the little boy was initially treated at the Karamandani Children’s Hospital with diarrhea and vomiting, symptoms that resembled gastroenteritis. After a few days of hospitalization, his parents signed and the child was discharged from the hospital.

But on Saturday afternoon, his health condition deterioratedwith the result that his parents rushed him to the emergency room of the University General Hospital of Patras.

According to medical sources at tempo24.news, the child arrived at the hospital in critical condition, almost lethargic, a little before acute liver failure.

He was immediately treated to prevent encephalopathy and then asked to be transported to the General Children’s Hospital of Athens “P & A Kyriakou”, where there is a special center for children with suspected symptoms of hepatitis.

The 2-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital on Monday morning, with the doctors waiting for the results of his examinations in order to determine if it was indeed a case of the specific form of hepatitis.

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