| Signs
and Symptoms
Type of Virus Signs and symptoms
| Type of Virus |
Signs and symptoms |
| Hepatitis A virus (HAV) |
Adults will have signs and symptoms more
often than children.
Child gets mild infection.· fever,
loss of appetite, nausea, abdominal pain, fatigue, Jaundice,
diarrhoea.
|
| Hepatitis E virus (HEV) |
· Highest attack rate among persons
aged 15-40 years.·
Jaundice
, fatigue, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, nausea, dark
urine, vomiting.
|
Hepatitis B
What are the symptoms of Hepatitis B?
Infection with HBV can cause both short term (acute ) and long term (chronic
) disease.
Acute HBV : When symptoms occur they include loss of appetite,
weakness, nausea, vomiting , abdominal pain, jaundice (yellow
skin or eyes,) dark urine, skin rashes, & joint pain. The
incubation period is usually 45 days to 3 months.The case fatality
rate is about 1 to 2 percent
Chronic HBV infection : Persons with chronic HBV
infection often do not feel sick for decades after infection,
but between 15 to 25 percent will die of liver cancer or cirrhosis
of the liver.
What does it mean to be a Hepatitis B chronic carrier?
A Hepatitis B is chronic carrier is someone who has had Hepatitis
B virus in her/ his blood for more than six months. A chronic
carrier usually has no signs or symptoms of Hepatitis B virus
but remains infected with the virus for the years & is capable
of infecting others. Sometimes Hepatitis B virus carriers spontaneously
clear the infection from their bodies , but most do not .
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