What are the symptoms of liver disease in children

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There is a little sister in my uncle's family. We always like to tease her when we go to her home, but she was not at home yesterday. So I asked my uncle what happened. As a result, my uncle told me that my sister had liver disease. Let's talk about the symptoms of liver disease in children.

What are the symptoms of liver disease in children

First, children's liver accounts for a larger proportion of the whole body than adults. At the same time, children's liver is rich in blood supply, liver cell regeneration ability is strong, but the immune system is not mature, easy to produce immune tolerance to the invasion of hepatitis virus. Therefore, infants infected with hepatitis B and hepatitis C are easy to become chronic carriers.

Second, it is reported that about 40% - 70% of the infants infected by HBV through vertical transmission from mother to child can become long-term carriers of HBV, while 20% - 30% of the infants infected by HBV through horizontal transmission before 3 years old. These hepatitis B virus carriers have more chances to be infected with hepatitis D virus, which will aggravate the liver disease and promote its transformation to cirrhosis and liver cancer.

Third: clinically, infant acute hepatitis is mainly jaundice type, with short duration, obvious symptoms of digestive tract liver disease, and more common onset is fever and abdominal pain. Severe hepatitis is more common in children under 6 months of age, with severe condition and high mortality; high fever, severe jaundice, liver shrinkage, bleeding, convulsions and liver odor are the early characteristics of severe liver dysfunction.

matters needing attention

For children, their age is still very young, and there is still a long way to go in the future. Do not delay the best treatment period of the disease. In this way, it will bring a lot of inconvenience to the later half of the child's life, so parents must ensure this.