issued Ministry of Health And the population is a new definition of cases of hepatitis in children following the emergence of infections in a number of countries in the world with an unknown cause, according to data from the World Health Organization.
The Ministry of Health and Population said in a publication that the cases infected with the disease suffer from a marked increase in liver enzymes, with the appearance of some symptoms such as jaundice, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain, and infection with ABC-E viruses has been excluded.
The definition of a confirmed case was: Any child of 10 years of age or younger suffering from acute hepatitis, and who has not been diagnosed with any of the hepatitis A to E viruses with an elevation in specific liver enzymes higher than 500 international units starting from the first of January 2022.
As for the possible case: Any child aged 11 to 16 years suffering from acute hepatitis that has not been diagnosed with any hepatitis A to E viruses with an elevation in specific liver enzymes above 500 IU starting from January 1, 2022
Epidemiologically related case: Any case diagnosed as acute hepatitis, and it was not diagnosed with any of the hepatitis A to E viruses, any age and has an epidemiological association with confirmed cases.
