What is Hepatits A?

What is Hepatitis A?

Hepatitis A is a virus that causes liver disease.

What can Hepatitis A do to your child?

Hepatitis A can cause many symptoms, including:

• Fever
• Nausea and stomach pain
• Loss of appetite and tiredness
• Yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes
• In rare cases; Hepatitis A can cause death

Is my child at risk?

• All children are at risk.
• Ask your doctor how to help protect your child.

How does it spread?

• Person-to-person contact
• Eating or drinking something that has been contaminated with the virus.
• Some people can spread Hepatitis A without showing symptoms.