Hepatitis A

Question 1

Who gets Hep A?

Answer 1

Children

Travellers

Question 2

How does Hepatitis A spread?

Answer 2

Faecal-oral spread

Question 3

How does Hep A present?

Answer 3

Acute hepatitis: no chronic infection
Fever, malaise, nausea, arthralgia
Jaundice + hepatomegaly, splenomegaly & lymphadenopathy

Question 4

Diagnosis of Hep A?

Answer 4

Clotting blood for serology
Hepatitis A IgM
HAV IGg: Previous infection, lasts life time
LFTs: raised AST, ALT, Bilirubin

Question 5

Treatment of Hep A?

Answer 5

There is a vaccination which gives long term protection but takes 10 days to be affective

Question 6

What is hep A?

Answer 6

RNA virus spread by faecal oral route

Question 7

Hep A is associated with chronic liver disease and increased risk of HCC. True or False?

Answer 7

FALSE