Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said there were 15 cases of suspected ‘mysterious’ acute hepatitis. Diseases that have recently become epidemic in many countries generally attack children aged up to 16 years.
Indonesia began reporting the first case of suspected mysterious hepatitis in early May 2022, three pediatric patients in DKI Jakarta died after visiting the hospital with an already critical condition. A week later, the Head of the Tulungagung District Health Office, Dr. Kasil Rokhmat, announced that a 7-year-old child patient died, strongly suspected of being related to mysterious hepatitis, he died Friday (6/5).
The patient’s laboratory results were said to be negative for hepatitis A, B, C, D, or E viruses. However, the Indonesian Ministry of Health still included the case of children in Tulungagung in the pending classification because further analysis needed to be done as confirmation.
Most recently, as of Monday (9/5) a baby aged 1 month 29 days from Solok, West Sumatra, was announced to have died allegedly due to mysterious hepatitis. According to the Head of the West Sumatra Provincial Health Office, Yanwar, the child’s symptoms pointed to hepatitis A, but after being examined the laboratory test revealed that he was negative for hepatitis A.
The child died on Eid Al-Fitr, Monday (2/5). According to a spokesman for the Indonesian Ministry of Health, the certainty of the death of the baby from West Sumatra related to mysterious hepatitis still requires further laboratory tests with each type of hepatitis.
“So far, there are five cases that have died (including in West Sumatra),” confirmed Dr. Nadia to detikcom via text message Monday (9/5/2022).
Dr. Nadia said there were three initial complaints that parents need to be aware of. The following three symptoms are most commonly found in Indonesian patients with suspected mysterious hepatitis.
“Nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting,” explained Dr. Nadia.
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