Friday, July 23, 2010

Which age group most vulnerable to hepatitis A

Those who are not infected with hepatitis A virus, whether children or adults are susceptible.
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Hepatitis A generally good prognosis, easy recovery, is a self-limiting disease. In nurseries and kindergartens, the infected children developed clinical symptoms of hepatitis A were small, occurred fulminant hepatic failure were less embolism. Recalling the World data show that the clinical symptoms of jaundice and mortality increased with age, children less than young adults, more than the elderly.

At present, most scholars believe that a small number of cases of hepatitis A can occur despite the clinical, biochemical indications of persistent recurrence, and pathology of the chronic, but not a chronic liver disease. Only 6 months of hepatitis occur within the infants who had serious condition, the death rate was significantly higher than older children.

It has been reported within six months of age hospitalized hepatitis A hepatitis A in children accounting for 70% of heavy mortality of about 50%; other elderly (60 years) of hepatitis patients with severe and complications are more dead rate of 10%, but the young and old, from cirrhosis caused by hepatitis A very rare.

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