
What do we know about severe acute hepatitis in kids?
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The Working Theory of Covid Infection in Children With Severe Appetitus
A covid is definitely amongst one of the top theories as a cause. Either alone or in conjunction with another virus. Over 70% of those with severe acute heppotitus that were actually tested did show that they had had a previous code infection. Likewise, when you look for admalvirus infection in these children with severe acute appetite, is 60%. And so it could be a combination of these two viruses that's causing an auto immune response in these kids,. That's causing them to attack their own liver and causing this inflammation, happetitus.
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