Children in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain and the United States are suffering from a mysterious liver disease that is not caused by hepatitis A, B, C, D and E, the viruses that cause the disease most often, according to a statement from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Hepatitis A, B, C, D and E are excluded
“On 5 April 2022, the WHO was informed of 10 cases of severe acute hepatitis of unknown etiology in children under 10 years of age in central Scotland. By 8 April, 74 cases had been identified in the United Kingdom. Hepatitis viruses (A, B, C , E and D on a case-by-case basis) have been ruled out after laboratory tests, and further investigations are ongoing to understand the etiology of these cases. “to be reported in the coming days,” the WHO warned. In addition, less than five cases have been reported in Ireland and three in Spain. State news outlets went on to say that nine similar cases had been reported in the United States Cases in the US were all in Alabama. The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) reported a possible association of this worrying hepatitis with adenovirus 41, a respiratory disease that usually causes a common cold. The WHO further confirmed that adenovirus 41 could be involved in the cases.
Could it be COVID-19?
So what happens? Scientists dare to assume that the pandemic had also reduced many other diseases because it isolated humans. Now that the world is reopening, we could see a resurgence of other diseases that have hitherto remained dormant. These diseases may have further mutated to become more threatening. However, there is also some evidence that COVID-19 can cause liver damage, and some of the affected children have tested positive for both the rabies virus and the adenovirus 41. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Alabama authorities are investigating. now further, as well as the WHO and the doctors involved in the treatment of children. Will an answer be found soon enough?