Symptoms and treatment of hepatitis A

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Some time ago, a brother lost his appetite and always felt sleepy and weak. His physical fitness was getting worse and worse. After accompanying him to the hospital for examination, he learned that he had hepatitis A and was treated with the doctor's advice. Now let me talk about the symptoms and treatment of hepatitis A.

Symptoms and treatment of hepatitis A

First: at the beginning of hepatitis A, the patient will be tired, do not want to eat, urine color deepened, sometimes accompanied by fever and other symptoms, serious sclera, skin yellow. There are two types of clinical infection: dominant infection and recessive infection without clinical symptoms. Most of the adults are infected with dominant infection, while children or the elderly are easily infected with recessive infection. In the early stage of jaundice, most patients have fever and chills, and their body temperature is between 38 ℃ and 39 ℃. The average duration of fever was 3 days, a few up to 5 days, general fatigue, anorexia, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal fullness or mild diarrhea.

Second: a small number of patients with upper respiratory tract infection symptoms as the main performance, urine color gradually deepened, dark brown. This period lasted 5-7 days. In jaundice stage, the symptoms improved, jaundice appeared after fever subsided, and the sclera and skin were yellow stained to varying degrees, liver pain, liver swelling, tenderness and percussion pain, and splenomegaly in some patients. This period may have short-term stool color light, skin itching. The liver function was obviously abnormal. It lasted for 2-6 weeks.

Third: hospitalized patients with mild and moderate hepatitis A, if the family has appropriate convalescence conditions, can stay at home convalescence, regular to outpatient review. Patients with severe disease, such as serum bilirubin more than 180 μ mol / L, serum ALT > 33400 nmol / (s? L), prothrombin time prolonged, or lack of family convalescent conditions, should be hospitalized. After being hospitalized, the patient's condition improved and the symptoms disappeared, so he could go home to recuperate.

matters needing attention

When hepatitis A is detected, patients should pay attention to bed rest and do not do heavy physical activities to avoid aggravating the disease. In addition, actively cooperate with the doctor treatment, do not blind medication. All drugs have certain side effects. We hope that patients can recognize this point clearly and use drugs cautiously.