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Whats wrong with my liver? jaundiced, yellow urine. how do they test for hepatitis a?
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Simple blood test: Hepatitis a is preventable--it is spread by fecal-oral route, & good vaccine exists. It can occur sporadically or in epidemic form. Disease in children is often mild & frequently subclinical or little more than gastroenteritis, but more serious & prolonged in adults. Rare fulminant form with marked jaundice, or "relapsing" course that eventually resolves. Is never chronic nor leads to cirrhosis.
Answered 5/26/2012
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Blood: A blood test can check for hepatitis a. But other things need to be excluded. Please get this checked tomorrow.
Answered 7/7/2012
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