- The first 4 cases of acute childhood hepatitis have been reported from Nuevo León and with them, the most scandalous symptom is jaundice.
- But one of the most striking symptoms of acute childhood hepatitis is JAUNDICE.
- Jaundice is the yellowish coloration of the skin and mucous membranes and here we tell you how it works.
The first cases of acute childhood hepatitis have been reported from Nuevo León, where the Secretary of Health has reported that four cases of patients have been registered in both public and private hospitals.
The four cases are under observation and all of them are stable, according to a press conference.
The announcement comes just a week after the Federal Ministry of Health issued an epidemiological notice to call hospitals and laboratories to be vigilant in the presence of possible cases. There are already more than 300 documented cases of the disease, most of which were found in the United Kingdom. At the moment, no one knows what is causing the symptoms of hepatitis, which tend to worsen quickly.
the outbreak of acute childhood hepatitis have been declared a priority by the World Health Organization. There are several hypotheses behind the cases, but the most supported so far is that the pictures are being caused by the adenovirus F41 previously linked to gastroenteritis in girls and boys.
However, one of the MOST obvious symptoms of acute childhood hepatitis is jaundice.
This is how jaundice works, the MOST obvious symptom of unknown childhood hepatitis
Jaundice is the yellowish coloration of the skin and mucous membranes.
In some cases, jaundice may be accompanied by dark urine (very dark colored urine due to the presence of bilirubin in the urine) and acholia (very pale stools due to the absence of bilirubin-derived pigments).