Risk Factors Hepatitis A Symptoms Increase

hepatitis-A-symptoms People who practice certain jobs or certain behaviors are more likely to get hepatitis A. If you are a member of a group at high risk, should receive the vaccine against hepatitis A.

Risk factors for hepatitis A, include:
- Eating food that was prepared by someone who is infected with hepatitis A and poor hygiene.
- Consuming raw or undercooked shellfish (like oysters or clams).
- Eating raw foods (such as unpeeled fruits or vegetables) and drinking tap water or well water while traveling to countries where hepatitis A is common.
- Living in a community where hepatitis A is common and outbreaks occur (largely a risk factor for young children).
- Living in a house with someone who has hepatitis A.

Lifestyle factors that increase the risk of hepatitis A include:
- Travel to countries where hepatitis A is common.
- Be a man having sex with men.

What are the hepatitis A symptoms?

After being exposed to the virus, it may take 2 to 7 weeks before seeing a sign for him. Hepatitis A symptoms usually last about 2 months, usually common symptoms of Hepatitis A are:
- Feeling very tired
- Feeling sick in the stomach
- Not feeling hungry
- Losing weight without effort
- Pain in the right side of the abdomen under the ribs (if your liver)
- Fever
- Aching muscles

Older persons with hepatitis A may get yellow skin (jaundice) and dark urine and feces bunting. All forms of hepatitis have similar symptoms. Only a blood test can determine if you have hepatitis A or another form of the disease.

Call your hepatitis A doctor immediately if :
- You have signs of hepatitis A.
- A person you live with hepatitis A.
- Did you eat at a restaurant that had a virus outbreak.
- Your child goes to kindergarten where hepatitis A was reported.