Know More about Facts of Acute Hepatitis
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VIVA – The World Health Organization or WHO has announced cases of acute hepatitis that have attacked children in America, Europe, and Asia since April 15, 2022.
A quoted by setkab.go.id, The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) through the Directorate General of Disease Prevention and Control (Dirjen P2P) issue a Circular Letter that concerning about Precautions for the Discovery of Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Aetiology. The letter was signed by the Director General (Dirjen) of P2P, Maxi Rein Rondonuwu on April 27, 2022.
"This letter is intended to increase support for local governments, health service facilities, Port Health Offices, health human resources (HR), and stakeholders regarding early awareness of cases of Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Etiology," stated the Circular Letter.
So, what is acute hepatitis? Who can get this disease? and what are the symptoms? So here are more facts about acute hepatitis that you should know, as quoted by the World Health Organization and Pan American Health Organization, and the Ministry of Indonesia Health official site.
Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver that is caused by a variety of infectious viruses and noninfectious agents leading to a range of health problems, some of which can be fatal. There are five main strains of the hepatitis virus, referred to as types A, B, C, D and E.
Meanwhile, acute hepatitis is a term used to describe a wide variety of conditions characterized by acute inflammation of the hepatic parenchyma or injury to hepatocytes resulting in elevated liver function indices.
1. The inflammation faster than usual
The reason why this hepatitis is added with the adjective 'acute', because the inflammation of the liver is faster than the previous types of hepatitis.
Laboratory tests were carried out and hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E viruses were not found to be the cause of the disease. In some case, the infection can even become chronic. As stated above, WHO still has not found the answer to what causes it
