Best Doctors for Hepatitis A Treatment in Karimnagar

Hepatitis A is a contagious disease of the liver caused by exposure to the hepatitis A virus. It causes inflammation in the liver. A person suffering from hepatitis A may present symptoms like fatigue, weakness, diarrhea, fever, itchy skin, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, joint pain, pain in the stomach and yellowish discoloration of the skin, white part of the eye and mucous membrane caused by jaundice. The common cause of hepatitis A is food poisoning due to the consumption of raw or undercooked shellfish or other food items that are uncooked or contaminated, drinking contaminated water. Other factors causing hepatitis A include close contact with someone who has the same virus or HIV. The risk of hepatitis A increases in people who are above sixty five years of age and taking immunosuppressants and those who are suffering with preexisting chronic liver disease.