Hepatitis A is an infection resulting from the Hepatitis A virus (HAV). To learn more about Hepatitis A, click here.

• Fatigue
• Fever
• Sore muscles
• Headache
• Pain on right side of abdomen: pain from the liver
• Nausea
• Loss of appetite
• Weight loss
• Itchy skin
• Jaundice/Yellowing of the skin and eyes
• Abnormal ALP
• Abnormal AST
• Abnormal ALT
• Abnormal Albumin
• Abnormal Globulin
• Abnormal Prothrombin time
• Abnormal Ammonia
• Abnormal Bilirubin
• Positive anti-HAV test

Click here for details on these symptoms. Note: While many tests may indicate decreased liver function and therefore suggest Hepatitis A, only a HEP A blood test can confirm or disconfirm a Hepatitis A infection.

There is no treatment for Hepatitis A and it usually goes away on its own.

Click here for information on how patients can reduce Hepatitis A symptoms.