Hepatitis A (cont.)

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Medical Author:

Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD

Dr. Charles "Pat" Davis, MD, PhD, is a board certified Emergency Medicine doctor who currently practices as a consultant and staff member for hospitals. He has a PhD in Microbiology (UT at Austin), and the MD (Univ. Texas Medical Branch, Galveston). He is a Clinical Professor (retired) in the Division of Emergency Medicine, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, and has been the Chief of Emergency Medicine at UT Medical Branch and at UTHSCSA with over 250 publications.

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Medical Editor:

Mary Nettleman, MD, MS, MACP

Mary D. Nettleman, MD, MS, MACP is the Chair of the Department of Medicine at Michigan State University. She is a graduate of Vanderbilt Medical School, and completed her residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Indiana University.

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Hepatitis A Self-Care at Home

The following measures can help a patient feel better while they are having symptoms.

Take it easy; curtail normal activities and spend time resting at home.
Drink plenty of clear fluids to prevent dehydration.
Avoid medicines and substances that can cause harm to the liver such as acetaminophen (Tylenol) and preparations that contain acetaminophen.
Avoid alcoholic beverages, as these can worsen the effects of HAV on the liver.
Avoid prolonged, vigorous exercise until symptoms start to improve.

Call a health care practitioner if symptoms worsen or new symptoms appear.

Be very careful about personal hygiene to avoid fecal-oral transmission to other members of the household.

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