There is talk of acute infantile hepatitis in today's episode, Tuesday 10 May, of "15 minutes with ...", the in-depth talk on the health of the University hospital of Cagliari in collaboration with the Unione Sarda group, which will be broadcast on live at 5 pm on the social networks of the Aou of Cagliari (Facebook, Instagram, Youtube), on the website www.aoucagliari.it, on the Facebook page of L'Unione Sarda and on www.unionesarda.it.
Spectators will be able to ask questions live , and on Wednesday readers of L'Unione Sarda will find in-depth information on the newspaper's “Salute” insert.
The guest of the column, conducted by the journalist Fabrizio Meloni, Head of Communications and External Relations of the Aou, is Luchino Chessa, hepatologist at the Duilio Casula Polyclinic .
With the professor we will clarify the acute hepatitis that affects the little ones. Currently, the World Health Organization counts 169 official cases, 17 transplants and one victim caused by this pathology of still unknown causes.
The country most affected is the United Kingdom with 114 cases, while in Italy there are 4 confirmed cases. The hospitalized children had all or some of the typical symptoms of hepatitis: jaundice, diarrhea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) says there is no clear correlation between reported cases and no clear epidemiological risk factors emerged between cases, as well as no association with travel.
The talk "15 minutes with ..." is edited by Aou Cagliari News, the newspaper of the university hospital. Agile and simple format, it provides 15 minutes of question and answer with the specialists and the possibility for the public to ask questions live.
(Unioneonline)