Greater alert, but no alarmism. Italy faces acute pediatric hepatitis of unknown nature than in recent weeks is worrying the Great Britain, and not only. Already on April 14 the Ministry of Health had sent at Regions a report on the disease that has affected several children in UK: over 100 patients, of prevailing age between 2 and 5 yearsand 8 of them – according to the report of the health security agency – have had need a transplant.
Now the ministry has drawn up the text of one second circular with the indications of the checks to do following the current situation, asking all health facilities and to the doctors of “report suspected cases “and” keep biological samples to allow the necessary investigations“. Under observation – according to the reports – to date they would be 9, with the most serious a Lawn who requested the transfer toInfant Jesus Hospital, in the capital.
The 3 year old boy who was hospitalized at Meyer from Florencehas developed a pathology very aggressive, so much so that it seemed he had to undergo immediately to a liver transplantfortunately for now averted. «Every year in Italy cases of acute hepatitis of undetermined origin “, specifies al Corriere della Sera doctor Angelo Di Giorgiocoordinator of the liver area of ​​the Sigenpthe Italian society of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition.
“So let’s not talk about a new diseasebut of an anomalous increase in cases in a short period of time, a phenomenon observed in United Kingdom“. Thus, the Sigenp, has launched a telematic survey inviting all the centers of pediatric hematology to give information. Analyze the data from January to April, «The number falls within the normal clinical practice“, That is” there is no alarm in Italy, where we have not detected thethe phenomenon reported in Great Britain “.
The authorities, therefore, are vigilant and the level of attention stay high. “I do not rule out the possibility that it is a new virus“, he said Massimo Galli toHandle. “We expect other cases to emerge. However, links with the Covid and with the vaccine“.
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