What are the symptoms for Hepatitis A?!
Question:
What are the symptoms for Hepatitis A?
My friend has it and maybe I'm just paranoid, but its better to be safe...
Answers:
It's spread through the fecal-oral route by coming into contact with stool or by ingesting contaminated food or drink. It's rarely transmitted through sex or by contact with infected blood. The incubation period is from 2 to 7 weeks, the average is about 30 days. The virus can be spread during the incubation period before the symptoms show. They don't show up until the incubation period is over. The symptoms last less than 2 weeks. These are: extreme fatigue, fever, sore muscles, headache, pain at the upper, right side of the abdomen, just under the ribs (location of liver), nausea, anorexia (loss of appetite, NOT anorexia nervosa), weight loss. Jaundice is less common in young adults and children, more common in older adults. Dark urine and clay-colored stools.
Any website about hep A can tell you about the virus, describe what hepatitis is, list symptoms, complications and treatment.