Long COVID may be behind mysterious liver disease in kids, Israeli study says
“A laundry list of different tests, including genetic mapping and liver biopsies, have found the only thread connecting all cases to be a recent coronavirus infection”
Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston 🌬️🔅#COV1DisAirborne on Twitter
Thread the COVID-19 infected children were 2.5x more likely to have elevated levels of enzymes that indicate liver damage, and 3.3x more likely to have elevated bilirubin, a pigment in red blood cells normally processed by the liver. That can be sign of diminished liver function."
What s sending kids hospitals hepatitis coronavirus adenovirus or both
"Cases remain rare but some children become seriously ill: About 9% of the 180 affected children in the United States have required liver transplants"
Rise in acute hepatitis among kids with Covid in MP’s Sagar
A team of medical from Bundelkhand Medical College (BMC), Sagar, Madhya Pradesh examined 475 Covid-positive children and found about 8% of children with Covid Acquired Hepatitis (CAH).
Reuters on Twitter
Coronavirus may be linked to cases of severe hepatitis in children
Severe acute hepatitis in children: investigate SARS-CoV-2 superantigens
Severe acute hepatitis in children: investigate SARS-CoV-2 superantigens
Eric Topol on Twitter
Thread A solid hypothesis for the basis of the mysterious, severe acute hepatitis in children: superantigen formation from prior Covid viral reservoir in the GI tract with superimposed adenovirus infection https://thelancet.com/journals/langas/article/PIIS2468-1253(22)00166-2/fulltext @LancetGastroHep
Raina MacIntyre 😷💉💉💉💉 on Twitter
Thread Let's talk about the mystery epidemic of #hepatitis in children. It's most likely a complication of #COVID19 but may take a while to be adjudicated as such. The syndrome has been seen in children <17, mostly unvaccinated kids <5 years. A thread.
Farid Jalali, MD on Twitter
Thread A detailed 🧵 on the alarming rise in cases of acute liver failure in healthy children:
Media + scientific bodies have placed undue emphasis on Adenovirus infection as the leading culprit in such cases of liver failure.
Let us see if this claim holds water [short answer: No!]
2021
COVID-19 Associated Hepatitis in Children (CAH-C) during the second wave of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Central India: Is it a complication or transient phenomenon.
1 death, 17 liver transplants in multi-country outbreak of hepatitis in children, WHO says | CNN
1 death, 17 liver transplants in multi-country outbreak of hepatitis in children, WHO says
Health Ministry reports 12 cases of mysterious liver disease in children
Health Ministry reports 12 cases of mysterious liver disease in children Hepatitis, or liver inflammation, has popped up in young patients in at least seven countries, but the usual viral culprits have not been present