According to the doctor, “it is very common for hepatitis to have a clear etiology because, for a long time and thanks to immunization with Hepatitis A, which has been occurring in our country for 20 years, we practically do not have common Hepatitis and current that was Hepatitis A”, he indicated. And he added: “Nowadays, children at 15 months and 21 months, they receive their doses of vaccines anti hepatitis A and, practically, it is a disease that has disappeared”.
Galiana explained that Hepatitis B can be transmitted through blood or blood products; this does not happen in our country since people are vaccinated and there is no this type of hepatitis.
He stressed that you can contract the disease but not know the etiology, that is, if it is infectious, immune or with other new agents. According to Galiana, the cases detected in Europe and the United States do not present these characteristics, it is not Hepatitis A, B, C, D or E.
No deaths have been recorded and they are young children under 10 years of age. The pediatrician stressed that the causes are being sought since an adenovirus appeared that can cause different types of diseases.
The infectologist did not rule out that this is linked to SARS-Cov 2: “Apparently, it has never been linked to the Covid vaccine, in some cases it could be linked to the Covid infection itself; but it is difficult to establish”. And he added: “The cases that have been, were not linked to vaccines”, since there have been children under five years of age who have contracted the disease in the world.
Asked about the level of contagion, he indicated that there is no clear pattern of contagiousness, according to what doctors know about the agents that generate it. “Each of the hepatitis has a different way of being infected,” she pointed out. “Not all hepatitis have antivirals either, Hepatitis A, for example, there is no antiviral drug.”
Asked about the symptoms, he explained that all Hepatitis manifest clinically very similar. They are associated with fever, decay, tiredness, abdominal pain and dark urine, in addition to yellowing of the skin and mucous membranes, the stool can also be white or very light, he detailed.
Regarding the flu vaccination, he said that the first days of May, they will be distributed and the annual vaccination against Influenza will begin. “It is a good quality vaccine, it is a vaccine that prevents Influenza A and B viruses.” Galiana indicated that vaccination is recommended as it can cause severe illness.
the doses will arrive in our country next Tuesday. They will prioritize children between 6 months and 5 years, and those over 60. It always begins with people with risk factors and health personnel, police officers and firefighters, who are in the first line of contact with society.
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