Hepatitis A: Causes, Symptoms And Treatment

Hepatitis A is more common in places where the sanitation is poor, it spreads via contaminated food or water and close contact with an infected person. Mild cases of hepatitis settle down on its own and don’t require any treatment, patients recover without any damage to the liver. Also Check Out: Protect Yourself From Hepatitis Infections!

Symptoms:

The signs and symptoms of hepatitis A does not show until a person has the virus for a few weeks. Some of the common symptoms include;

Tiredness

Nausea and vomiting

Pain in the stomach, specifically in the upper right side beneath your ribs (by the liver).

Poor appetite

Low- grade fever

Dark-tinted liver and pale stool

Yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes.

Itching and rashes

The symptoms will be fairly mild and settle within a few weeks, but if the infection is very severe then it may last for months.

Causes:

A person suffering from HAV will excrete the virus in the stool. It generally, passed on when a normal person consumes food or water that has been contaminated with stool of an infected individual.

Some of the ways HAV spread include:

Eating food handled by an infected person who doesn’t thoroughly wash his or her hands after using the toilet.

Having contaminated water

Consuming raw shellfish from water polluted

A sex partner who has the virus

From close contact with an infected person

Diagnosis And Treatment:

The doctor recommends certain blood and urine tests to check for the presence of hepatitis A virus. For people without any visible symptoms, it is difficult to diagnose hepatitis even with a complete physical examination.

There is no specific treatment for hepatitis A, the body in most cases, will flush out the virus on its own and the liver heals within six months without any side effects. Treatment mainly aims at keeping the patient comfortable and avert complications like dehydration and fatigue. This includes:

A proper diet that helps to replenish nutrition and fluids

Avoiding alcohol

Adequate rest, with time off work

Taking over the counter pain relievers, if needed and recommended by the physician

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