It has been an interesting 2 weeks in the rat race to figure out why children keep developing “autoimmune” hepatitis. Multiple theories have been thrown around. As of May 6th, 2022, the worldwide count if these hepatitis cases is over 300. That has doubled since mid April. These are one month olds, 5 year olds, 16 year olds. Wide array of age groups here. Some are requiring liver transplants. Others are dead. The rest are now going to live with the consequences of this for life. Their lifespan is most definitely shortened. The years I spent working in a liver transplant ICU taught me just how fragile the liver is after it has been through something this traumatic. Kids do not just suddenly develop autoimmune hepatitis in this magnitude of numbers.
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It has been an interesting 2 weeks in the rat race to figure out why children keep developing “autoimmune” hepatitis. Multiple theories have been thrown around. As of May 6th, 2022, the worldwide count if these hepatitis cases is over 300. That has doubled since mid April. These are one month olds, 5 year olds, 16 year olds. Wide array of age groups here. Some are requiring liver transplants. Others are dead. The rest are now going to live with the consequences of this for life. Their lifespan is most definitely shortened. The years I spent working in a liver transplant ICU taught me just how fragile the liver is after it has been through something this traumatic. Kids do not just suddenly develop autoimmune hepatitis in this magnitude of numbers.