Hepatitis is a contagious often misdiagnosed disease

Hepatitis displays varying symptoms at different stages of the disease. At stage 1 there are usually no symptoms. At stage two symptoms include flu-like symptoms, loss of appetite, malaise, nausea, aching muscles, headache, abdominal pain, diarrhea in children, constipation in adults and dark urine. In stage 3, jaundice and itching are common. At stage 4 symptoms will not help clarify which type of hepatitis the patient has. Prevention measures for hepatitis include frequent hand washing for hygiene, staying away from unhealthy eating places, don’t share personal items with infected people, drink boiled water if possible, ensure sexual partner is not infected, use fresh disposable injection syringes, receive blood from known uninfected blood, don’t donate blood if infected, have a Hepatitis B vaccination. Hepatitis is quite contagious and fairly common viral disease that affects the liver. It is often misdiagnosed a cold. Timely diagnosis provides the best outcome.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by The Daily Star

Related Disease Topics:

• Flu
• Cold
• Hepatitis
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• Hepatitis D
• Hepatitis E

Related Symptom Topics:

• Flu-like symptoms
• Loss of appetite
• Malaise
• Nausea
• Aching muscles
• Headache
• Abdominal pain
• Diarrhea in children
• Constipation in adults
• Dark urine
• Jaundice
• Itching

Article Source Details

About: Hepatitis is a contagious often misdiagnosed disease

Date: 23 November 2004

Source: The Daily Star

Author: Dr Rubaiul Murshed

URL: http://www.thedailystar.net/2004/11/23/d411231503104.htm

Related Medical Topics

This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Infection
• Viral infection
• Liver disease
• Misdiagnosis of hepatitis
• Misdiagnosis of hepatitis A
• Misdiagnosis of hepatitis B
• Misdiagnosis of hepatitis B
• Misdiagnosis of hepatitis C
• Misdiagnosis of hepatitis D
• Misdiagnosis of hepatitis E
• Misdiagnosis of cold
• Misdiagnosis of flu
• Misdiagnosis of infection
• Misdiagnosis of viral infection
• Misdiagnosis of liver disease
• Misdiagnosis of flu-like symptoms
• Misdiagnosis of loss of appetite
• Misdiagnosis of malaise
• Misdiagnosis of nausea
• Misdiagnosis of aching muscles
• Misdiagnosis of headache
• Misdiagnosis of abdominal pain
• Misdiagnosis of diarrhea in children
• Misdiagnosis of constipation in adults
• Misdiagnosis of dark urine
• Misdiagnosis of jaundice
• Misdiagnosis of itching
• Cause of hepatitis
• Cause of infection
• Cause of viral infection
• Cause of liver disease
• Cause of hepatitis A
• Cause of hepatitis B
• Cause of hepatitis B
• Cause of hepatitis C
• Cause of hepatitis D
• Cause of hepatitis E
• Cause of cold
• Cause of flu
• Cause of infection
• Cause of viral infection
• Cause of liver disease

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