Cincinnati Children's Hospital has treated at least six otherwise healthy children with sudden hepatitis, adding to the more than 200 cases reported worldwide.
Cicy / Getty Images/iStockphotoDoctors at Cincinnati Children's Hospital in Ohio say they have treated at least six cases of severe hepatitis in previously healthy young children aged 18 months through 10 years. One required a liver transplant.
"We have seen six," Bezerra told NBC News Wednesday."Today, we're going to be seeing a seventh patient," he said."They're still coming." The children treated for the liver disease at Cincinnati Children's are all from Ohio.No one has been able to figure out why these children are developing hepatitis, which simply means inflammation of the liver.
The usual suspects, hepatitis viruses A through E, have been ruled out. Children are not showing up with evidence of Covid-19, and most are too young to have received the Covid vaccines.Adenoviruses can cause a range of symptoms — from the sniffles to diarrhea — and, in rare cases, hepatitis. Those extreme cases are usually found in children with underlying health problems or immune deficiencies, Bezerra said.
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