EODY has been put on alert, as it exists a suspected case of hepatitis in our country.
According to information from SKAIa pediatrician called EODY and reported that a child, which monitors, shows symptoms of hepatitis.
Earlier, o President of EODY, Theoklis Zaoutis Speaking to ERT, he stated that “we may have a case of hepatitis in children in our country as well».
However, he appeared reassuring noting that most children have mild symptoms. He called on the country’s Children’s Hospitals to be on standby, to receive and deal with possible cases and added that EODY laboratories are ready to examine samples of possible cases to detect the adenovirus or other viruses that cause such symptoms.
Yesterday, George Pavlakis, doctor – researcher in the USA, speaking to SKAI characterized “serious issue»Την exacerbation of hepatitis to children abroad noting that the two of the total nine children who became ill with hepatitis in Alabama of the US, suffered destruction in their liver and had to have a transplant.
Preliminary data “show” a common adenovirus that “does not cause hepatitis”
“We need time,” added the doctor-researcher, talking about the causes of the outbreak of hepatitis.
As the latest data said, without being sure of anything, “Show” that a common adenovirus may be responsible, adenovirus 41, who “does not have hepatitis”.
He explained that it could be completely random but due to the frequency of occurrence of this adenovirus in children who are sick “we can not throw everything at luck”.
Perhaps the coronavirus is involved indirectly, weakening the immune system of children
The worst case scenariohe added, is that as unfortunately many of these children were also infected with coronavirus, a large part of immune they had been destroyed making them vulnerable.
“It simply came to our notice then. Nothing is certain. “A bad scenario is that unfortunately the coronavirus is involved indirectly, so another viral infection that would not have serious consequences now could have,” he stressed.
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