Hepatitis A Symptoms
Hepatitis A also called infectious hepatitis is a liver disease, hepatitis makes
your liver swell and stops it from working right. You need a healthy liver. The
liver does many things to keep you alive. The liver fights infections and stops
bleeding. It removes drugs and other poisons from your blood. The liver also
stores energy for when you need it.
Anyone can get hepatitis A, but some people are more likely to than
others:
- people who live with someone who has hepatitis A
- children who go to day care
- people who work in a day care center
- men who have sex with men
- people who travel to other countries where hepatitis A is common
Hepatitis A symptoms can make you feel like you have the flu.
You might experince
- Muscle pain.
- Itching.
- Fatigue.
- Nausea and vomiting.
- Abdominal pain or discomfort, especially in the area of your liver on the
right side beneath your lower ribs.
- Loss of appetite.
- Low-grade fever.
- Yellowing of your skin and the whites of your eyes (jaundice). Not all
people with hepatitis A develop jaundice. It occurs when your liver isn't
able to remove the residue of old red blood cells, known as bilirubin, from
your blood. Eventually, the level of bilirubin builds up and is deposited in
your skin, causing a yellow color.
Some people don't have any symptoms. You'll likely have more energy after
symptoms disappear, and your liver may heal completely within one or two months.
About 15 percent of people with hepatitis A have relapses over a six- to
nine-month period.
If you have symptoms or think you might have hepatitis A, go to a doctor. The
doctor will test your blood.
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