Hepatitis A asymptomatic, will self-healing?

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China is a high incidence area of viral hepatitis. The prevalence rate of hepatitis A is as high as 80%. That is to say, 80% of the people who have been infected with hepatitis A virus and produced hepatitis A antibody (anti hav positive) account for 80%. You may wonder, is it so high? This is because the latent infection of hepatitis A is far more than that of acute hepatitis. Hepatitis A asymptomatic, will self-healing? Let's talk about it.

Hepatitis A asymptomatic, will self-healing?

1. In the early stage of jaundice, the onset of hepatitis A is often very urgent, with chills, fever, general fatigue, loss of appetite, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, liver pain, diarrhea, and the color of urine gradually deepening. By the end of jaundice, the urine will show strong tea like, and a few patients will have fever, headache, upper respiratory tract infection and other symptoms, Jaundice usually lasts for 1-21 days, with an average of 5-7 days.

2. At this stage of jaundice, the patient feels that the condition in the early stage of jaundice has improved, and the fever has also decreased, but the color of urine continues to deepen, sclera and skin appear yellow staining, and reach the peak in about two weeks. There will be bradycardia, skin pruritus, light stool color and other obstructive jaundice manifestations, hepatomegaly, tenderness or percussion pain, Some people develop splenomegaly, which can last 2-6 weeks.

3. Convalescence jaundice gradually subsides, the symptoms that appeared before gradually disappear, liver and spleen enlargement disappear, gradually retract, liver function gradually return to normal. This period can last from two weeks to four months, with an average of two months.

matters needing attention

Hepatitis A is a self-healing disease, but it does not mean that hepatitis A does not need treatment, and it also needs to take necessary measures for treatment. Treatment can speed up the improvement process of hepatitis A and make patients recover as soon as possible. If hepatitis A is not treated in a timely and effective way, it may also lead to more serious consequences!