Hepatitis A is brought by a virus that may be present in the food you eat or water that you drink. Travelling, having sex with someone infected and injecting illegal drugs can put you into high risk in getting this disease.
You can spread the hepatitis A virus about 2 weeks before your symptoms appear and during the first week they show up, or even if you don’t have any.
Hepatitis A doesn’t usually show symptoms. If symptoms occur, you might have:
Children often have the disease with few symptoms.
DIAGNOSIS
To diagnose Hepatitis A, a blood test will be needed.
TREATMENT
No treatments can cure the disease. Your doctor may take tests that check your liver function to be sure your body is healing.
PREVENTION
Since Hepatitis has no cure, the best way is not to have it. A vaccine is available to help lowers the risk of the following:
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