CDC rare liver disease

On Thursday, parents learned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health advisory for doctors to be on the lookout for unusual ...

“Do we need to panic? Several needed a transplant and no deaths have been reported. No. When we start to see a cluster of cases, especially cases that typically are associated with an infectious disease, we pay attention and we just we try to do the tracing to get to the bottom of it,” said Dr. Christina Johns, PM Pediatrics Senior Medical Advisor.

The CDC has issued a health alert for unusual cases of severe hepatitis in children. Several cases have been identified in Alabama and North Carolina.

"None of the children in the cluster tested positive for Covid-19 disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking physicians nationwide to be on the lookout for unusual cases of severe hepatitis in children. Hepatitis refers to inflammation of the liver, a condition that can result in diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. Increasingly, signs are pointing to a virus not usually associated with hepatitis: adenovirus type 41. "So far they are reporting no cases," she said. All clinical labs in the U.S. are required to report those viruses when they're discovered, so health authorities can work to stop outbreaks.

Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. Adenoviruses are DNA viruses that commonly infect the respiratory system. Doctors who encounter pediatric hepatitis ...

Two of them needed liver transplants last year, The Post said. “The investigation, including information from patient samples and surveillance systems, continues to point towards a link to adenovirus infection. Two cases have been detected in North Carolina, NBC news reported.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory Thursday after identifying a cluster of hepatitis and adenovirus infections in U.S. ...

Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver that can be caused by viral infections, alcohol use, toxins, medications and certain other medical conditions. They also tested positive for the adenovirus. That included three with acute liver failure.

Federal health officials and the Alabama Department of Public Health are investigating nine cases of hepatitis in children 1 to 6 years old who were ...

This year, there have been four patients and two of those patients also had coronavirus, Fischer said. Amy Edwards, a pediatric infectious-disease specialist at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, said that with mild cases of hepatitis parents and children may not even know there is an issue and it will resolve itself. None of the children in the U.K., who were all under age 10, had been vaccinated against coronavirus, according to the U.K. Health Security Agency. They have also been ruled out in the U.K. children, authorities there said. After further investigation, the hospital identified four more cases, all of whom had liver injury and adenovirus infection. Hepatitis can be triggered by a variety of factors, from toxic chemicals to autoimmune disorders and viruses that cause chickenpox and the common cold. “If it’s a bad case, there will be symptoms.” Adenoviruses most commonly cause respiratory illnesses, but they can also cause inflammation of the stomach. North Carolina also had two cases in school-age children, neither of whom needed a liver transplant and subsequently recovered, STAT reported. Five children were admitted to a children’s hospital with significant liver injury, including some with acute liver failure. The children were from across the state and officials have found no epidemiological link connecting them. Several of the U.K. patients also had coronavirus infections, the WHO said.