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Hepatitis A

Symptoms & Signs

What are the signs and symptoms of the infection?

Symptoms can range from mild to moderate and include:

nausea

jaundice. This skin yellowing usually lasts a week or two and is accompanied by darkened urine.

malaise, or a vague feeling of illness

fatigue

pain in the upper right of the stomach

hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar

diarrhea

mild fever

a somewhat enlarged and tender liver

weight loss as a result of loss of appetite

The symptoms gradually improve. Children with hepatitis A often do not have symptoms.

Rarely, acute fulminant hepatitis, which involves severe liver cell destruction and loss of liver function, occurs. It can be fatal. Symptoms include:

an enlarged, painful liver

enlarged spleen

severe jaundice

susceptibility to bleeding

encephalopathy, a disorder in the functioning of the brain

aplastic anemia in rare cases. Aplastic anemia is a condition in which the bone marrow cannot make enough red and white blood cells.

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