@hepatitis

[dulcemariamar]

Is there a thread out already regarding the increase in hepatitis cases in kids? I am not sure if I should have posted this under the COVID thread but there isn’t a definite link so far.

I can’t believe that there is another thing to stress over.

[sonrisa]

Which? Hep A? Hep B? Hep C? another one?

(and if it's teens and Hep C - is the possiblecorrelation with Covid infections? or are COVID vaccine resistant parents skipping the vaccine and is that a factor?)

[gardengal]

Apr 26, 2022 17:24:47 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

Which? Hep A? Hep B? Hep C? another one?

(and if it's teens and Hep C - is the possiblecorrelation with Covid infections? or are COVID vaccine resistant parents skipping the vaccine and is that a factor?)

Not OP but every article I’ve read just says “hepatitis”: www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-children-s-hepatitis-has-now-spread-to-11-countries-here-s-what-we-know

[leviosa]

Apr 26, 2022 17:24:47 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

Which? Hep A? Hep B? Hep C? another one?

(and if it's teens and Hep C - is the possiblecorrelation with Covid infections? or are COVID vaccine resistant parents skipping the vaccine and is that a factor?)

All the articles I’m reading are saying it’s a unknown hepatitis. Not one of the 5 known strains.

[sonrisa]

Apr 26, 2022 17:39:38 GMT -5 gardengal said:

Apr 26, 2022 17:24:47 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

Which? Hep A? Hep B? Hep C? another one?

(and if it's teens and Hep C - is the possiblecorrelation with Covid infections? or are COVID vaccine resistant parents skipping the vaccine and is that a factor?)

Not OP but every article I’ve read just says “hepatitis”: www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-children-s-hepatitis-has-now-spread-to-11-countries-here-s-what-we-know

Thank you. I hadn't seen the articles about it. That isn't good.

[wanderingback]

Apr 26, 2022 17:24:47 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

Which? Hep A? Hep B? Hep C? another one?

(and if it's teens and Hep C - is the possiblecorrelation with Covid infections? or are COVID vaccine resistant parents skipping the vaccine and is that a factor?)

Right now it's being called hepatitis of unknown etiology. 
It's been seen in kids under 10, not teens - a total of 9 kids in the US between Oct and February, with concurrent adenovirus infections.
So right now thinking it is connected to adenovirus. Haven't seen anything with it having to do with covid. 

[lilac05]

Apr 26, 2022 18:15:54 GMT -5 wanderingback said:

Apr 26, 2022 17:24:47 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

Which? Hep A? Hep B? Hep C? another one?

(and if it's teens and Hep C - is the possiblecorrelation with Covid infections? or are COVID vaccine resistant parents skipping the vaccine and is that a factor?)

Right now it's being called hepatitis of unknown etiology. 
It's been seen in kids under 10, not teens - a total of 9 kids in the US between Oct and February, with concurrent adenovirus infections.
So right now thinking it is connected to adenovirus. Haven't seen anything with it having to do with covid. 

The only thing I’ve seen related to Covid is that the patients have been largely unvaccinated, so there doesn’t seem to be any connection to the vaccine. (I think that was a side note in maybe an NBC News article, but I can’t pull it up at the moment.)

[Velar Fricative]

Apr 26, 2022 18:27:52 GMT -5 lilac05 said:

Apr 26, 2022 18:15:54 GMT -5 wanderingback said:

Right now it's being called hepatitis of unknown etiology. 
It's been seen in kids under 10, not teens - a total of 9 kids in the US between Oct and February, with concurrent adenovirus infections.
So right now thinking it is connected to adenovirus. Haven't seen anything with it having to do with covid. 

The only thing I’ve seen related to Covid is that the patients have been largely unvaccinated, so there doesn’t seem to be any connection to the vaccine. (I think that was a side note in maybe an NBC News article, but I can’t pull it up at the moment.)

Also that they didn’t detect as many covid infections among the kids compared to the adenovirus.

[gretchenindisguise]

From what I’ve read so far, this is not going to keep me awake at night. It feels like it falls into the category of very early and very low base rates, with no actionable thing to do. I can’t keep my kids in a bubble so they don’t catch a cold.

I don’t know. Life is dangerous.

That’s probably the wrong way to think about it, but it is where I’m at.

[noodleoo]

YLE had a good write up on it yesterday.

yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/severe-hepatitis-outbreak-among-children?s=r

[pixy0stix]

I know I've slacked in the past couple of months, but when starting a post about a topic it's really helpful to include an article.

[Poppy]

I have just fallen down a Wikipedia rabbit hole.

It seems like "hepatitis" is a generic term to describe disease of the liver? I had no idea that the different hepatitis viruses were not related to one another (except apparently hep D is like a weird partial virus that can't infect a person unless they're already infected with hep B, but when a person does acquire hep D + hep B, the liver damage tends to be more severe).

Biology is so fascinating!

[basilosaurus]

Apr 26, 2022 22:43:34 GMT -5 Poppy said:

I have just fallen down a Wikipedia rabbit hole.

It seems like "hepatitis" is a generic term to describe disease of the liver? I had no idea that the different hepatitis viruses were not related to one another (except apparently hep D is like a weird partial virus that can't infect a person unless they're already infected with hep B, but when a person does acquire hep D + hep B, the liver damage tends to be more severe).

Biology is so fascinating!

There's also alcoholic hepatitis.

I believe this new unknown hepatitis was found first in the States but is now found throughout the world. I don't know if it's a case of if you look for something you'll find it or if this phenomenon is contagious. 

www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/apr/27/global-mystery-hepatitis-outbreak-spreads-to-asia-and-canada

[1yeartogo]

I’ve seen this. It is concentrated in Alabama I believe currently but they are also tracking an increase in France and other European countries. It is concerning because it is an unknown cause, and appears in younger children with serious impacts.

I believe so far TW—-


1 child has died and over 9 liver transplants have been needed in otherwise previously healthy children with no known health issues otherwise. So it is pretty concerning to the science community.

[fryjack2]

We are tracking this now and reporting any cases of unknown etiology elevated liver labs, and monitoring closely.

Current thought is adenovirus is triggering something.

[One Girl In All The World]

I apologize for only having a tweet to link, but this is a really interesting thread I read yesterday offering some counterpoints to the suggested link to adenovirus. It’s written by a doctor but it’s really easy to follow if you read through for non-medical people like me.