date:May 22, 2012
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Hepatitis A infection is characterized by fever, loss of appetite, diarrhea, nausea and abdominal discomfort. A few days after these symptoms appear, 70 percent of those infected develop jaundice, a yellowing of the skin, eyes and mucus membranes. Children ages 6 and under are likely to carry the virus without developing sypmtoms. Only 30 percent of people in this age group become ill from infection.
Most hepatitis A infections resolve themselves within 2 weeks, but sometimes illnesses ca