Yellow eyes and Hepatitis Signs Reduce Your Appetite

TRIBUNNEWS.COM - Attack hepatitis often adorn the news lately in the media. Especially after an outbreak at a school in Depok.

How symptoms and prevention? Let's follow Dr. Arief Yulizar penjelsan Mars.

According to him, iIstilah Hepatitis used for any type of inflammation of the liver (liver). Causes of hepatitis (liver infection) is usually caused by viruses. Characterized by decreased function of the heart / liver. In certain diseases caused by bacteria / germs can also stimulate the emergence of hepatitis.

Viral hepatitis as well there are several types, such as hepatitis A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Manifetasi disease can be acute viral hepatitis (hepatitis A) can also be chronic hepatitis (hepatitis B, C) and those that later become cancerous liver (hepatitis B and C).

Often, hepatitis A infection in children causes no symptoms, whereas in adults causes flu-like symptoms.

"Fatigue, fever, diarrhea, nausea, abdominal pain, yellow eyes and loss of appetite, usually a symptom of hepatitis in adults," said Arief.

The symptoms disappeared completely after 6-12 weeks. People infected with hepatitis A will be immune to the disease. In contrast to hepatitis B and C, hepatitis A infection does not lead to chronic hepatitis.

The incubation period of 30 days. Transmission through contaminated food or water stool of patients, vegetables are not cooked or eating undercooked shellfish.

Currently there are vaccines for hepatitis A, which provides immunity for 4 weeks after the first injection. Immunity is necessary for long shots several times. Drug addicts and anal sex, including the homosexual is a high risk of contracting hepatitis A.