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| | | | | |  Home  Disease Index Hepatitis A (infectious liver inflammation type A)
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 | Overview |
| | Hepatitis is the Latin word for liver inflammation. Type A hepatitis is caused by a virus called hepatitis A virus. Other types of infectious liver inflammation include hepatitis B and hepatitis C. |
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| Causes |
| | Hepatitis A virus is present in stools passed by infected persons. It can be transmitted via contaminated food, eg shellfish and ice-cream, as well as contaminated water and beverages. The virus can also be spread through contact with an infected person's stools through poor hygiene. The infectiousness of the disease is greatest just before the patient develops jaundice. After that it quickly becomes less infectious. Type A hepatitis is very common in countries with poor sanitary conditions. Most people get infected during trips to less-developed countries or by direct contact with others infected with hepatitis A virus. |
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| Symptoms |
| | - Hepatitis A has an incubation period of 10 to 40 days. This is the time from the exposure to the hepatitis A virus until the onset of the disease.
- The first symptoms include loss of appetite, distaste for cigarettes, nausea, aching muscles and joints and a mild fever.
- Later symptoms include yellowing of the skin, mucous membranes, and white portions of the eyes (jaundice, icterus); light-coloured stools; and dark urine.
- When the latter symptoms develop, the infected person usually begins to get better.
- The duration of the disease is typically two to three weeks, but it can last up to one to two months.
- Small children are, in most cases, only mildly affected by the disease, and usually do not develop jaundice.
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| Risk Factors |
| | Patients with jaundice or other symptoms of hepatitis. People who are very likely to have contracted the hepatitis B or the hepatitis C virus. People who are at increased risk due to a hereditary type of hepatitis in their families.
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