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Health Encyclopedia: Hepatitis Hepatitis A

Hepatitis A


About a third of the U.S. population has antibodies to hepatitis A, indicating previous infection by the virus. The hepatitis A virus infects up to 200,000 Americans every year and causes symptoms in about 134,000 of them. Almost 30% are children under age 15.

Hepatitis A (formerly called infectious hepatitis) is excreted in feces and transmitted by contaminated food and water. Eating shellfish taken from sewage-contaminated water is a common means of contracting hepatitis A. Infected ...

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Topical Pain Medications: Which Ones Do the Job?
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert

...Indications for the Flector Patch include the treatment of acute pain due to minor strains,... Read more »

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Metformin and the risk of lactic acidosis
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert

...is if metformin should be avoided forever after an acute myocardial infarction or just... Read more »

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Tysabri Approved for some Crohn's Patients
By Elizabeth Roberts , Health Expert

Tysabri, a drug initially used to treat Multiple Sclerosis has been approved for use in certain... Read more »

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Temporomandibular Joint Disorder (TMJD): Tangled Up With Fibromyalgia
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert

...functioning of the jaw, but it can also result in muscle pain throughout the head and neck.  A... Read more »

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Sleep Disorders Common with RA
By Christine Miller , Health Expert

...sleep or that can be used to treat RLS and PLMS or muscle pain.                Have... Read more »

Health Guide

Travel to Developing Countries: Infectious Diseases
...disease(American Trypanosomiasis)Parasite transmitted by infected Reduviid bugs.South and Central AmericaIn the acute stage, symptoms can include focal skin lesion, fever, anorexia, lymph node... Read more »
Complications
...for both spot injuries and chronic problems. Ice packs, which reduce inflammation and pain, can help acute injuries and can be useful for the first few hours after a chronically injured area is... Read more »
Headaches: Tension: Medications
...of headache. There are dozens of NSAIDs. Aspirin is the most common, but it is not as effective for acute tension-type headache as others. The most common NSAIDs are the following:Over-the-counter... Read more »
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Diagnosis
...upper bodyLyme disease: Bulls-eye rash, joint inflammation, and flu-like symptomsLyme disease is an acute inflammatory disease that is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. The bacterium... Read more »
Herpes Simplex: Symptoms
...typeSymptomsTreatmentsEye (ocular herpetic infection). Affects only one eye at a time. Usually caused by HSV-1, but acute cases in the retina are more likely to be due to HSV-2. An estimated... Read more »

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