What are the main symptoms of hepatitis A?

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Some people may not know what hepatitis A is. In fact, hepatitis A is also called hepatitis A. It is an infectious disease mainly caused by liver inflammation. It is mainly transmitted through feces and mouth. Clinically, it is mainly manifested by fatigue, anorexia, hepatomegaly and abnormal liver function. In some cases, jaundice occurs, mainly manifested as acute hepatitis. The clinical symptoms of hepatitis A in adults are more severe than those in children. Winter and spring are the peak seasons of hepatitis A. The course of the disease is self limited, no chronic, causing acute severe hepatitis is rare, with the use of inactivated vaccine in the world, the epidemic of hepatitis A has been relatively well controlled. What are the main symptoms of hepatitis A? Let's talk about it.

What are the main symptoms of hepatitis A?

At the beginning of hepatitis A, usually the patient will appear tired, do not want to eat, urine color deepened, sometimes accompanied by fever symptoms. Severe sclera, skin yellow. Most of the adults were infected with dominant infection, while children or the elderly were infected with recessive infection.

The symptoms of hepatitis A are acute onset, including chills, fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dyspepsia, anorexia, nausea, fatigue, hepatomegaly and liver dysfunction. It is easy to be misdiagnosed as a cold in the early stage. Most patients with hepatitis A will have fever, with an average fever of 3 days, but a small number of patients will have fever for more than 5 days.

In young children, hepatitis A often shows asymptomatic or atypical symptoms of hepatitis A. I believe that the reader has a clear understanding of the symptoms of hepatitis A. if you find the above similar or more symptoms, you should go to the hospital for examination in time.

matters needing attention

Develop good health habits and control the entrance of diseases from the mouth. Vaccination of hepatitis A vaccine can improve people's immunity and prevent the occurrence and outbreak of hepatitis A. For some foods that are easy to carry germs, they must be cooked and steamed thoroughly when eating, and the bad habits such as eating raw, eating half raw and eating directly after pickling should be eliminated.