{"id":91172,"date":"2013-03-06T10:34:23","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T15:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/neurology\/hepatitis-a.php"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:55:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:55:07","slug":"hepatitis-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/hepatitis-a.php","title":{"rendered":"Hepatitis A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/img\/250\/1358\/1024\/Liver.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" class=\"phostImg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/524221d9e4_Liver.jpg\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a>Excerpts from a recent review in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23198670?dopt=Abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Am Fam Physician<\/a>:<\/p><p>Hepatitis A is a common viral illness worldwide. It incidence in the U.S. has diminished as a result of immunization.<\/p><p><b>How is Hepatitis A transmitted?<\/b><\/p><p>Hepatitis A virus is transmitted through fecal-oral contamination, and there are occasional outbreaks through food sources. <\/p><p><b>What are the symptoms of Hepatitis A?<\/b><\/p><p>Young children are usually asymptomatic, although the likelihood of symptoms tends to increase with age. <\/p><p><b>What is the prognosis of Hepatitis A?<\/b><\/p><p>Most patients recover within 2 months of infection. However, 10-15% of patients will experience a relapse in the first 6 months. Hepatitis A virus does not usually result in chronic infection or chronic liver disease. <\/p><p><b>What is the treatment for Hepatitis A?<\/b><\/p><p>Supportive care is the mainstay of treatment, for example, PO and IV fluids if nausea and vomiting are severe, etc. <\/p><p><b>How to prevent Hepatitis A?<\/b><\/p><p>The CDC recommends routine vaccination of all children 12-23 months of age, as well as certain vulnerable populations. <\/p><p><b>What to do if you have just been exposed to Hepatitis A?<\/b><\/p><p>Hepatitis A vaccine is also recommended for most cases of postexposure prophylaxis. Immunoglobulin is an acceptable alternative.<\/p><p>References:<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23198670?dopt=Abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hepatitis A<\/a>. Matheny SC, Kingery JE. Am Fam Physician. 2012 Dec 1;86(11):1027-34.<\/p><div><p>Posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/casesblog.blogspot.com\/\">Clinical Cases and Images<\/a>. 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It incidence in the U.S. has diminished as a result of immunization.How is Hepatitis A transmitted?Hepatitis A virus is transmitted through fecal-oral contamination, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/hepatitis-a.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1246864],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neurology"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}