The Covid-19 pandemic has not yet passed, people are again faced with the presence of a mysterious acute hepatitis. The disease with an unknown cause is reported to have attacked children aged zero to 16 years.
Academic Faculty of Medicine, Ganesha University of Education (Undiksha) dr. Made Suadnyani Pasek, Sp.A., stated that this disease must be watched out for by the community. “The cause of acute hepatitis is not known with certainty. So we have to raise awareness,” he said, Wednesday (11/5/2022).
He suggested that if you find children with symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, severe abdominal pain, and high fever, then they appear yellow, whether in their eyes, face, or skin, they should immediately go to a health service. “So, for example, if you have hepatitis for which the cause is unknown, you can immediately do an examination,” he said.
In an effort to prevent the emergence of this disease, the community needs to adopt a clean and healthy lifestyle for children. Like diligently washing hands, and not exchanging cutlery, diapers must be used once and then disposed of in their place. Likewise, with food, it must be hygienic. “So food must be clean and then it must be healthy, and cutlery should not use the same cutlery as other people, moreover we don’t know whether the other person is sick or not,” he explained.
He hopes that with a healthy lifestyle, no children, especially in Bali, will contract acute hepatitis. “So far there have been no cases in Bali where I work, but cases have been reported in Indonesia,” he added. (hms)
