mysterious hepatitis outbreak affects dozens of children

A new epidemic, of hepatitis of unknown origin, affects young Britons. “There have already been 74 cases in the UK. These are children who were generally less than five years old. These are serious hepatitis, sometimes called fulminant hepatitis, which even involves having a transplant“, explains the journalist and doctor Damien Mascretpresent on the set of 12/13, Tuesday April 19.

“It all started in Scotland. On March 31, the Scots reported that they had seen many children, five children, who had this severe hepatitis, when in principle they see less than four cases in the year“, continues Damien Mascret, before detailing the symptoms of this hepatitis. “There are two phases. The first phase, we simply have nausea, vomiting, we have a stomach ache. And then, if it gets worse, we really go into what is called jaundice“, concludes the journalist. The Jaundice results in yellowish skin and eyes, very dark urine and discolored stools.