Hepatitis A

Hepatitis A is an infectious disease of the liver caused by Hepatovirus A; it is a type of viral hepatitis. Many cases have few or no symptoms, especially in... Wikipedia

• Specialty:  Infectious disease, gastroenterology
• Symptoms:  Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dark urine, jaundice, fever, abdominal pain
• Usual onset:  2–6 weeks after infection
• Duration:  8 weeks
• Causes:  Fecal–oral route, eating food or drinking water contaminated with Hepatovirus A infected feces, sexual transmission through oro–anal and digital–rectal sexual acts.
• Diagnostic method:  Blood tests
• Prevention:  Hepatitis A vaccine, hand washing, properly cooking food
• Treatment:  Supportive care, liver transplantation
• Frequency:  114 million symptomatic and nonsymptomatic (2015)
• Deaths:  11,200
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo