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   Rudy Canoza  wrote:   
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   > The fracking bastards pumped hospital hepatitis waste fluids into the ground   
   water.   
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   At least 10 states are reporting an alarming increase in cases   
   of severe hepatitis -- or inflammation of the liver -- in   
   children.   
      
   Previously healthy children are suddenly developing hepatitis,   
   or liver inflammation often caused by viruses. Jaundice,   
   diarrhea and abdominal pain are among reported symptoms.   
   Children aged 1 month to 16 years have been affected.   
      
   In Minnesota, one of the latest to see cases, two children have   
   required liver transplants. One of them still waiting.   
      
   Wisconsin issued a health alert after four cases were reported,   
   including one that resulted in death. Causes were also reported   
   in Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, New York,   
   North Carolina and Tennessee.   
      
   This comes days after the Centers of Disease Control and   
   Prevention shared clinical data from Alabama, where the first   
   cases were found, showing that patients were from different   
   parts of the state with no epidemiologic links.   
      
   According to the CDC analysis, all patients were considered   
   generally healthy, with no significant comorbidities and no   
   immune system weakness. The median age was about three years,   
   ranging from younger than two to older than five years.   
      
   Yet researchers believe the Alabama cases show a possible link   
   with a virus that can cause colds.   
      
   Out of the nine Alabama patients, five were also found to have   
   contracted an adenovirus. While 50 known adenoviruses exist,   
   these five children all contracted the same strain, known as   
   "type 41."   
      
   Curiously, most adenoviruses, Type 41 included, often cause only   
   respiratory or gastrointestinal symptoms not severe hepatitis.   
      
   It is still unknown whether that virus is a cause or is somehow   
   contributing to the outbreak. Researchers said any number of   
   viruses, environmental toxins, even medication, can cause severe   
   hepatitis.   
      
   Early symptoms of hepatitis include fever, loss of appetite,   
   nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, dark urine, joint pain and   
   jaundice.   
      
   Jillian King's 8-year-old daughter Riley was hospitalized with   
   hepatitis last week in Illinois.   
      
   "[She experienced] stomach pain, fatigue and no appetite for   
   about a week. Her overall energy level went up and down, so it   
   was really hard to tell that she was as sick as she was," King   
   told ABC News.   
      
   "It felt like someone was stabbing me in a row, like it really   
   hurt," Riley added.   
      
   She is expected to make a full recovery.   
      
   The Associated Press contributed to this report.   
      
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