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How Contagious Is Hepatitis A ?

Hepatitis A is a very contagious infection of the liver. A type of virus called the hepatitis A virus or HAV is responsible for this infection. Here the liver becomes inflamed and, thus, becomes dysfunctional. About 23,000 people in the US alone are found to be affected by this disease. Hepatitis A contracts mainly from water or food which is already contaminated. In this case, the virus gains access in the human body through its mouth and then proceeds towards the stool, multiplying itself along the way.

It can also spread on coming in close proximity of an infected person. This can happen in the form of shaking hands, especially if the victim has not washed his hands properly after taking food or after toilet.

Drinking water which was stored near the sewage area can also result in the spreading of hepatitis A disease. The infection is also spread by somehow coming in contact with the infected stool. Traveling to under developed countries or in places which already has reported incidences of hepatitis A can expose a person to the chance of getting the infection. An important point to bear in mind is that the virus causing the infection can thrive on bare skin of the human body like that of the palms, and also in water and soil alike. So, it is important to check whether an infected person is around or not, and if yes, then it is essential to know the things he used or touched so that one can avoid coming close to them.

The difficult part about this disease of hepatitis A is that even if one wants to avoid coming close to an infected person, most of the time it is not possible. This is because a hepatitis A patient is at his contagious worst during the first couple of weeks of getting infected when no visible symptoms are seen. So it becomes difficult to judge a healthy person from an infected one.

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