HEPATITIS
A
What is Hepatitis A?
This is a viral liver disease which is caused by the
Hepatitis A virus. It will cause you to have a mild to severe illness and it is
usually acute or of short duration because people will get better after few
weeks even without treatment.
How is hepatitis A spread?
This disease is mainly spread through the faecal-oral
route; when an uninfected person ingests food or drink that has been
contaminated with the faeces of an infected person. The disease is spread through
food, water, poor hygiene and poor sanitation which could be from lack of hand
washing.
Symptoms:
In some cases the patient may not show any symptoms,
common ones area. Dark
yellow urine and skin i.e. jaundice
b. Loss
of appetite
c. Nausea
and vomiting
d. Fever
e. Abdominal
pain
f. Diarrhea
g. Fatigue
h. Malaise
P Predisposing factors:
a. Lack
of vaccination with Hepatitis A vaccine
b. Travel
to countries with poor sanitation and contaminated water
c. Sex
with an infected person Hepatitis A
d. Caring
and living in the same house with infected person
C Complications:
Hepatitis A infection may lead to liver failure
especially in people over 50 years old or people with other liver diseases.
DiDiagnosis
Doctors will check the symptoms and a blood test. The
blood test will show antibodies to the hepatitis A virus specific
immunoglobulin G (IgM).
Treatments:
There is no specific treatment but the following are
recommended:
a. Get
enough rest
b. Drink
plenty of fluid to replace that lost from diarrhea and vomiting
c. Eat
healthy food
d. Avoid
alcohol because of the effect on the liver
e. Your
doctor may recommend pain medicine
P Prevention of Hepatitis A:
a. Immunization
with vaccine, 2 shots of Hepatitis A vaccine is recommended for long-term
protection of 5 to 8 years.
b. Food
safety with improved sanitation
c. Safe
clean drinking water
d. Proper
disposal of sewage
e. Personal
hygiene practice including proper hand-washing
Reference
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs328/en/
https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hav/pdfs/hepageneralfactsheet.pdf
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