{"id":13542,"date":"2025-11-15T10:10:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T04:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13542"},"modified":"2025-11-18T13:47:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T08:17:38","slug":"what-is-hepatitis-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-hepatitis-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Hepatitis A"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Hepatitis A Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, public health experts opined that Hepatitis A deserves a place in India\u2019s universal immunisation programme\u00a0 due to its multiple outbreaks across many states in India.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Hepatitis A<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hepatitis A is an <\/span><b>inflammation of the liver<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> caused by the<\/span><b> hepatitis A virus (HAV).\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It occurs <\/span><b>throughout the world<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is especially common in countries in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Caribbean, and the Western Pacific.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike hepatitis B and C, hepatitis A does not cause chronic liver disease but it can cause mild to <\/span><b>severe symptoms and rarely fulminant hepatitis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (acute liver failure).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Symptoms:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Fever, malaise, loss of appetite, Nausea, diarrhoea, abdominal discomfort, Dark urine and jaundice.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Transmission of Hepatitis A<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is transmitted <\/span><b>primarily by the faecal-oral route<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; that is when an uninfected person ingests food or water that has been contaminated with the faeces of an infected person.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The virus can also be transmitted through close <\/span><b>physical contact with an infectious person.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Treatment for Hepatitis A<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is <\/span><b>no specific antiviral treatment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for hepatitis A.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its treatment mainly focuses on <\/span><b>supportive care<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to relieve symptoms and ensure adequate hydration and nutrition.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/why-hepatitis-a-deserves-a-place-in-indias-universal-immunisation-programme\/article70251374.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hepatitis A is an inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV). 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