Hepatitis A

Disease and transmission - Hepatitis A is a virus that effects your liver and is caught by consuming food and water infected by the virus. It is also transmitted by unclean hands that have contracted the virus by touching infected faeces.

Symptoms - Mild fever, feeling tired, generally unwell, being or feeling sick, diarrhoea, itchy rash and yellowing of the skin and eyes.

Prevention – Following good food and water precautions, as well as good hand and personal hygiene helps prevent infection. One dose of the very effective vaccine gives you up to a years protection. A second dose (6 -12 months later) will give you 25 years protection.

Treatment – There is no treatment and only supportive management is available.

Further information - https://travelhealthpro.org.uk/disease/70/hepatitis-a