Can Hepatitis A be Cured?

Hepatitis A is the abbreviation of hepatitis A, which is caused by hepatitis A virus (HAV). With the development of medical technology today, hepatitis A can be completely cured. Hepatitis A is an infectious disease of liver inflammation. It is highly contagious and is mainly transmitted through the fecal-oral route. Therefore, you must pay attention to food hygiene and be careful not to contaminate water sources with excrement. The following is a detailed introduction to hepatitis A.

Hepatitis A is divided into icteric and non-icteric types. Patients with icteric hepatitis A have yellow skin all over the body, especially the whites of the eyes will become noticeably yellow. Non-icteric hepatitis A does not have the above symptoms, but both types of hepatitis A will cause nausea, loss of appetite, fatigue, and especially nausea when seeing greasy food. The incubation period of hepatitis A is generally about one month. Children and adolescents are the susceptible groups.

Adults can also get hepatitis A, and once they become ill, the clinical symptoms are more severe than those of adolescents. Hepatitis A is self-limiting. Some patients have mild symptoms and can recover on their own without treatment. For those with more serious conditions, hospitalization is necessary. Because hepatitis A is a highly contagious liver disease, patients must be isolated to avoid infecting their families. Patients in the incubation period are the most contagious.

Winter and spring every year are the seasons when hepatitis A is most likely to spread, so special attention should be paid to prevention during this time, especially in collective environments such as schools, military units, and kindergartens, where prevention should be strengthened. Diseases enter the body through the mouth, so be sure to wash your hands carefully before eating. Although the hepatitis A virus is highly contagious, it will lose its activity if heated in boiling water at 100 degrees Celsius for 1 minute.

People who have had hepatitis A once can be immune for life. For friends who have never had hepatitis A, they should go to the hospital for hepatitis A vaccine injection, a total of two shots. As long as the hepatitis A vaccine is administered correctly, lifelong immunity can also be achieved. In addition, some foods, such as razor clams, crabs, snails, shells and other seafood, can easily carry a large amount of hepatitis A virus, so they must be thoroughly cooked before eating.