Dozens of cases of hepatitis recorded in the countryside of Hama city

ARK News.. Media sources close to the Syrian regime revealed that dozens of cases of hepatitis have been recorded in several villages in the countryside of Hama, which raises the fears of the residents of the spread of this epidemic and the increase in numbers.

The newspaper "Al-Fidaa" affiliated with the regime said that it received complaints about the spread of more than 30 cases of hepatitis in the villages of Tahoun Al-Halawa, Saqiyaat Najm, Ain Al-Ward, and Al-Ramliyya, most of them among children and a number of adolescents.

The newspaper added that the residents fear that the infections will turn into an epidemic that threatens to expand and increase in numbers, calling on the medical authorities in the Syrian regime to intervene.

The newspaper indicated that the incubation period of the infection ranges between two weeks and two months, and that about 40% of cases of hepatitis among adolescents do not show yellowing on the face.

Hepatitis E is an inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis E virus, and it has at least 4 different genetic patterns, which are genetic patterns 1, 2, 3, and 4. Genotypes 1 and 2 are found only in humans, while types 3 and 4 are found in many animals such as pigs, boars and deer without causing disease, but they occasionally cause infection in humans.

The virus is shed in the feces of infected people and enters the human body through the intestines, mainly through drinking contaminated water.

The infection usually resolves on its own within two to six weeks, but occasionally people develop a serious illness known as fulminant hepatitis (acute liver failure) which can be fatal.

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