Hepatitis A
Liver is the largest solid meaty organ – weighs around 3 pounds, located on the upper right side of the belly.
The liver is a roughly triangular organ and has two large sections, called the right and the left lobes.
Liver performs over 500 essential functions such as;
- Produces most proteins needed by our bodies such bile, to digest fats.
- Helps fight infection by removing harmful pathogens.
- Helps blood circulation and filtration.
- Regulates blood clotting, glucose, cholesterol and hormones levels etc.
- Metabolism that is break down – nutrients from food to produce energy.
- Detoxification – Removes potentially toxic by-products of certain medications.
- Prevents shortage of nutrients by storing vitamins, amino acids and minerals etc.
The liver is a marvelously sophisticated chemical laboratory, capable of carrying out thousands of chemical transformations on which the body depends.
The liver produces important chemicals from scratch, modifies others to allow the body to use them better, and neutralizes an enormous range of toxins.
Alcohol is the most common chemical responsible for toxic damage to the liver, causing fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, and, potentially, cirrhosis of the liver.
Exposure to industrial chemicals may harm the liver. Many prescription medications may damage the liver as well, including cholesterol-lowering drugs in the statin family and high-dose niacin (also used to reduce cholesterol levels.) The over-the-counter drug acetaminophen (Tylenol) is highly toxic to the liver when taken to excess. Finally, numerous natural herbs and supplements contain chemicals that may cause or accelerate harm to the liver.
Chemicals aren’t the only source of harm to the liver. Viruses may infect it, causing viral hepatitis; hepatitis C, in particular, may become chronic and gradually destroy the liver. In addition, during pregnancy, the liver may become backed up with bile, a condition called cholestasis of pregnancy.
Hepatitis may indicate swelling, irritation and damage to the liver.
It is infection of the liver caused by Hepatitis ‘A’ virus and is commonly known as jaundice. Hepatitis A is the mildest form and seldom causes symptoms continuing longer than a couple of months.
Most of these infections occur in early life. Children are most commonly affected and conditions of overcrowding and poor sanitation facilitate the spread.
Hepatitis A is a highly contagious liver infection caused by the hepatitis A virus. The virus is one of several types of hepatitis viruses that cause liver inflammation and affect your liver’s ability to function.
When you first develop hepatitis, it is called acute hepatitis. Hepatitis can also become a long-term disease known as chronic hepatitis.
All forms of hepatitis cause jaundice, liver tenderness, and severe fatigue.
Chronic hepatitis consists of persistent liver infection and inflammation that lingers long after the primary symptoms of the disease have disappeared. Chronic hepatitis also appears to increase the risk of liver cancer.
MOST COMMON SYMPTOMS OF HEPATITIS A
- Unusual fatigue – tiredness and weakness
- Sudden nausea and vomiting and diarrhoea
- Sore feeling in the upper abdomen due to constant vomiting
- Abdominal pain or discomfort, especially on the upper right side beneath your lower ribs
- Clay-colored stool
- Loss of appetite
- Dark urine
- Intense itching in some cases.
- Listlessness
- Loss of weight
- Muscle & joints ache and pains
- A smoker may have distaste for smoking
- Fever for 2-5 days till appearance of jaundice
- Jaundice on third or fourth day which gradually increases and may last for six weeks.
Possible CAUSES & Risk factors
- Spread by faeco-oral route. Infected persons excrete viruses in their stools for about 2-3 weeks before the onset of illness.
- Being in close contact with a person who has the virus — even if that person has no symptoms
- Contamination of food and water
- Eating roadside food
- Inadequate sanitation
- Poor personal hygiene
- Traveling in endemic areas
- Eating food handled by someone with the virus who doesn’t thoroughly wash hands after using the toilet
- Eating food washed in contaminated water
- Eating raw shellfish from water polluted with sewage
- A man who has sexual contact with other men or any type of sexual contact with someone who has hepatitis A
- Use of recreational drugs, not just those that are injected
Prevention and additional tips for a healthy liver
- Avoid contact with other people’s blood and body fluids.
- Keep your food safe. Wash your hands thoroughly before eating or preparing foods.
- Use bottled water to drink, and brush your teeth regularly.
- Protect your skin. When using insecticides, paints and other toxic chemicals, wear gloves etc.
- Maintain a healthy weight. Obesity can cause non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases.
- For tattooing or body piercings, be picky about cleanliness and safety.
- Don’t share needles to inject drugs.
- Always limit to your spouse as sexual partner.
- Take drugs wisely, only when needed and only in recommended doses.
- Avoid eating roadside food
- Do not eat uncovered food
- Drink boiled water which is boiled for 10 minutes.
- Avoid fatty food like meat and animal products, dairy products like milk, cheese, etc
- Avoid fried and oily food stuff.
- Avoid intake of alcohol for 6 months
- Take bed rest till the acute illness in under control
- Take a diet rich in carbohydrates and proteins.
- Take plenty of carbohydrates in the form of fruit juice, honey, sugar cane juice etc.
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