Complications Of Hepatitis A

Complications Of Hepatitis A. Unlike hepatitis B and C infection hepatitis A is generally does not cause long-term liver disease (chronic) and rarely are fatal. But some groups such as the elderly, people with chronic diseases such as diabetes, people with decreased immune system such as HIV and men who have suffered liver disease before infected with hepatitis A are more prone to experience complications. These are the complications that can occur:

Complications Of Hepatitis A
Complications Of Hepatitis A

The Risk Of Experiencing Liver Failure

This complication occurs when the liver function decreases drastically. Liver failure can cause the sufferer experiencing jaundice, nausea and vomiting. Physical changes will also occur, such as hair loss, easy hematoma and bleeding like a nosebleed as well as the emergence of fluid buildup in the abdomen and legs. Patients with liver failure have also become more vulnerable to infection.

Although rare, the risk of liver failure continues to look out for because of the development of the condition the sufferer needs to be constantly monitored by a specialist heart.

The Risk Of A Recurrence Of The Infection

Hepatitis A infections can sometimes come back. Recurrence of hepatitis A can occur more than once after the first infection.

The Risk Of Experiencing Kolestasis

Kolestasis usually occurs in people with hepatitis A who are older. This condition can be cured by itself without any special treatment. This complication occurs when the bile fluid to accumulate in the liver. Symptoms include weight loss, fever, jaundice, which failed to recover and diarrhea.

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