How hepatitis A prognosis

All of a hepatitis A virus had infected people, whether children or adults who are susceptible. But because hepatitis A virus infection and socio-economic conditions and closely related to personal hygiene habits, so in our country, children under 15 and young people most vulnerable to hepatitis A, because of the disease, was lasting immunity, to adulthood, suffering from hepatitis A are reduced, fewer elderly. Hepatitis A generally good prognosis, easier recovery, is a self-limited disease. In nurseries and kindergartens, children infected with hepatitis A clinical symptoms appeared little in fulminant hepatic failure are fewer. Recalling WHO data indicate that clinical symptoms and jaundice growth and mortality have increased with age, children below the young, is lower than the elderly. At present, most scholars believe that a small number of cases of hepatitis A can occur Although clinical, biochemical indications of persistent recurrence of chronic pathological examination, but will not become a chronic liver disease. Within only six of the infants who illness heavier hepatitis A occurred, the mortality rate was higher than that of older children. There are reports within 6 months of hospitalization of children Hepatitis A Hepatitis A heavy 70% mortality rate of about 50 percent; another elderly (over 60 years old) in patients with severe hepatitis A and also more complications, died rate of 10%, but both young and old, who cirrhosis caused by hepatitis A very rare.