Covid Is Likely To Cause Mysterious Hepatitis For 3 Reasons

11 May 2022 Coronavirus

The "Corona" pandemic may have declined, but the repercussions of this virus still impact people today, especially the consequences it leaves behind, including the causes of hepatitis C disease related to unknown origin in children, which has been reported in the scientific literature.

As the consultant for digestion and liver, Dr. Fahd Al-Najjar, stated in a local Arabic publication, "continued surveillance for cases of hepatitis C in children of unknown origin necessitates alertness to symptoms which may indicate the onset of this disease early, such as a sense of fatigue, abdominal pain, nausea, itching, change in stool color and dark urine.", pointing out there have been about 300 reported cases since May 1, most of which require hospitalization, including 18 requiring liver transplants and five deaths.

Researchers are investigating the cause of the infection, but it is unknown at the moment.

According to Al-Najjar, researchers still believe Corona virus is caused by one of three mechanisms: a mild infection with Corona virus or Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Childhood causes the immune system to attack the liver. Second, it reduces immunity and makes children more vulnerable to infection with other viruses, and third, it causes infection with another virus in conjunction with Corona, so both viruses attack the liver.

Adenoviruses, whose presence was detected in many samples from infected people, were ruled out as the cause of this infection as they did not appear in liver samples, and both medicines and food were ruled out as causes for the same reasons, and since the infections were found across several geographical locations."

"According to the opinions of some experts, the hypothesis that vaccination may be responsible for the illness has been ruled out because most children who were infected are not yet of vaccination age (five) and have not yet received it, and the hypothesis that children stayed at home during the vacation was also debunked."

Sweden hasn't imposed a curfew, yet 7 children are infected with hepatitis because their immune system hasn't been exposed to viruses.

Paracetamol and exposure to dogs were also speculated as possible causes.

Al-Najjar emphasized that "most of the infected are healthy children without any history of disease, which prompted many health experts and institutions to reconsider the role of (Covid) in causing this infection, and disclose antibodies, which are believed to manifest in most children with hepatitis.

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