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Symptoms of Symptoms of all types of viral hepatitis are similar and can include one or more of the following: Fever Fatigue
Acute Infection Loss of appetite Nausea Vomiting Abdominal pain Gray-colored bowel movements Joint pain Jaundice
Likelihood of < 10% of children < 6 years < 1% of infants < 1 year develop symptoms 20%30% of newly infected persons
Symptomatic have jaundice 5 %15% of children age 1-5 years develop symptoms develop symptoms of acute disease
Acute infection 4 0%50% of children age 30%50% of persons > 5 years develop symptoms
614 years have jaundice
Note: Symptoms appear in 5%15% of newly
7 0%80% of persons > 14
infected adults who are immunosuppressed
years have jaundice
Potential for None Among unimmunized persons, chronic infection 75%85% of newly infected persons
Chronic Infection occurs in >90% of infants, 25%50% of children develop chronic infection
aged 15 years, and 6%10% of older children 15%25% of newly infected persons clear
and adults the virus
Severity Most persons with acute disease M ost persons with acute disease recover with no Acute illness is uncommon. Those who do
recover with no lasting liver lasting liver damage; acute illness is rarely fatal develop acute illness recover with no lasting liver
damage; rarely fatal 1 5%25% of chronically infected persons develop damage.
chronic liver disease, including cirrhosis, liver failure, 60%70% of chronically infected persons
or liver cancer develop chronic liver disease
1 ,800 persons in the United States die with HBV- 5%20% develop cirrhosis over a period of
related liver disease as documented from death 2030 years
certificates 1%5% will die from cirrhosis or liver cancer
19,600 deaths in 2014