What
How you get hepatitis A:
• When faeces from an infected person enters the mouth of another person.
is hepatitis? Hepatitis is infection of the liver.
• This usually happens when you don’t wash your hands after going to the toilet and before
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Hepatitis A Symptoms:
Nausea, vomitting, diarrhoea, fever, tiredness, rash, jaundice, dark brown urine, pain in liver area. Some people may not have any symptoms.
Symptoms usually go away after 2 months but may last up to 9 months. Most people recover completely.
Treatment:
There is no specific treatment for hepatitis A. Rest, good fluid intake and a nutritious diet may reduce symptoms. Avoid alcohol in acute stage. Go to hospital if symptoms are severe.
What is hepatitis? Hepatitis is infection of the liver.
Immunity:
Once you’ve had hepatitis A you can’t get it again.
There IS a vaccination for hepatitis A.
Travelling overseas:
Hepatitis A vaccination is recommended if you plan to travel to countries where health and sanitation standards are poor. Your doctor will be able to advise you. .
Hepatitis B Symptoms:
Symptoms include tiredness, nausea, vomitting, itching, jaundice, pain over the liver area. Many people have no symptoms.
You can find out if you have hepatitis B with a simple blood test by your doctor.
Most people who get hepatitis B in childhood will have a life-long infection. 19 out of 20 adults who get hepatitis B recover completely.
Immunity:
Once you’ve had hepatitis B and recovered from it you can’t get it again.
What is hepatitis? Hepatitis is infection of the liver.
There IS a vaccination for hepatitis B.
Travelling overseas:
Hepatitis B vaccination is recommended if you plan to travel to countries where hepatitis B infection rates are high.
What
Hepatitis C Symptoms:
Symptoms include tiredness, nausea, vomitting, itching, jaundice, discomfort over the liver area. Many people have no symptoms.
You can find out if you have hepatitis C with a simple blood test by your doctor.
Most people who get hepatitis C will have a long-term infection.
Immunity:
You can be reinfected even if you have had hepatitis C before.
There IS NO vaccination for hepatitis C.
Travelling overseas:
When undergoing medical, dental, cosmetic or body art procedures overseas, make sure whoever is doing it is using sterile equipment.
