State health officials are warning parents to be on the lookout for rare cases of hepatitis in their children.
DRAMATIC EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE GO TO WRAL DOT COM. >> WELL, NEW TONIGHT, TOP STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE WARNING PARENTS TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RARE CASES OF HEPATITIS IN CHILDREN. AS OF TONIGHT, THERE ARE 9 PEDIATRIC CASES IN NORTH CAROLINA FROM FOR A WEEK AGO. THIS IS A GLOBAL TREND. AND LEADING HEALTH EXPERTS ARE HAVING TROUBLE RIGHT NOW FIGURING OUT THE CARS WRAL’S. AARON THOMAS JOINS US LIVE TONIGHT. AARON, DOCTORS ARE STRESSING HEPATITIS IS NOT COMMON IN CHILDREN. CORRECT? >> THAT IS CORRECTLY. NO. BUT I CAN TELL YOU MANY OF THESE LOCAL DOCTORS ARE PRETTY PUZZLED ABOUT THIS TREND YOU MENTIONED. SO HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, THE CDC IS LOOKING AT ABOUT 100 CASES INVOLVING CHILDREN ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SOME CASES KNOWN TO CAUSE SEVERE LIVER DAMAGE AND EVEN 5 DEATHS WITH AN UNKNOWN CAUSE. MANY OF THESE DOCTORS ARE URGING PARENTS TO KNOW WHAT SYMPTOMS TO LOOK FOR. >> PARENTS WE SPOKE TO AT THIS PARK TONIGHT APPEAR TO HAVE THE SAME GOAL IN MIND WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR CHECKING THEM EVERYTHING. ADAM OMAR NOW WATCHING OUT FOR A SUDDEN UPTICK OF HEPATITIS CASES AMONG CHILDREN WORLDWIDE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA, A SHOCK TO MOTHERS LIKE KEN ROBINSON JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IT’S NOT REALLY SOMETHING I THOUGHT ABOUT LEIGH, BUT IT IS INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER AND IS CAUSED BY VIRUSES ARE HEAVY ALCOHOL USE, ACCORDING TO MEDICAL EXPERTS. BUT THESE PEDIATRIC CASES HAVE LOCAL DOCTORS PUZZLED IF IT WAS VERY LOSS FOR US TO HAVE NEEDS NUMBER OF CASES. DOCTOR STEVEN AND SAYS ADDING A VIRUS, MAYBE A POTENTIAL LINK TO THE SUDDEN SPIKE. >> AS SEEN IN ABOUT HALF OF THE CASES IN THE UNITED STATES HAS EVER PASSED IS REALLY, REALLY CALM. IT’S A COMMON VIRUS THAT CAUSES LIKE COLDS ARE IN GUY. HE SAYS PARENTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE SIGNS OF HEPATITIS IN CHILDREN. YOU ONLY HAVE TO WORRY IF YOU SEE LET’S START AND IF THE EYES ARE STARTING TO CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, BUT THERE’S NO NEED FOR PARENTS AND CARETAKERS TO PANIC BECAUSE MAKES HARD TO GO BACK TO NORMAL. >> AND EXPERTS SAY THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE’S A LINK BETWEEN THESE PEDIATRIC
