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Hepatitis ABCD
Hepatitis ABCD
Hepatitis ABCD
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
6–14 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 1–5 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 20–30 years
certificates • 1%–5% will die from cirrhosis or liver cancer
• 17,000 persons in the United States die with
HCV-related liver disease as documented from
death certificates