Hepatitis A
What?
Hepatitis A is a virus that affects the liver.
How it is caught?
Contaminated food and water or direct contact with an infected individual.
What does it do?
Hepatitis A causes tiredness, loss of appetite, nausea and fever, then jaundice (yellow skin).
Can it be treated
No.
Where is it?
Hepatitis A is found across the globe, particularly in areas of poor sanitation.
How is it prevented?
Vaccine and good hygiene.