How to treat hepatitis A_How to treat hepatitis A

Hepatitis A is a relatively common liver disease. This disease is contagious and patients should take relevant treatment measures and care methods. Hepatitis A can be treated with drugs, such as morphine, and you should adjust your diet in your daily life. You can eat some low-fat and high-vitamin foods. In addition, you should pay attention to abstaining from alcohol and smoking while taking the medicine, and maintain an optimistic attitude to deal with the symptoms of hepatitis A.

Three treatments for hepatitis A

1. General treatment

① Rest: Patients with acute hepatitis should rest in bed until the symptoms disappear, and should also avoid excessive mental work. Patients with severe acute hepatitis should rest in bed. The patient should maintain a good attitude.

② Nutrition: Patients with viral hepatitis should eat high-protein, low-fat, high-vitamin foods. Sugar intake should be moderate and not excessive to avoid fatty liver. Avoid overeating during the recovery period. *Avoid alcohol, beverages containing ethanol, nutritional supplements and medicines.

2. Drug treatment

Hepatitis A does not become chronic and is mainly treated with supportive and symptomatic treatment. Any hepatotoxic drugs such as morphine, chlorpromazine, etc. are prohibited during the course of the disease.

3. Treatment of acute severe hepatitis

Pay attention to monitoring, supplement adequate calories, correct water, electrolyte and acid-base imbalance, actively treat complications, strengthen symptomatic supportive treatment, including infusion of fresh plasma and albumin, prothrombin complex, and use of hepatocyte growth factor to promote liver cell regeneration.

6 types of people are susceptible to hepatitis A infection

1. Children are the main hosts of the virus and the source of infection is through transmission from adults to children.

2. Children and adolescents under the age of 15 have no immunity to hepatitis A virus because they do not have anti-hepatitis A virus antibodies in their bodies.

3. Medical workers.

4. People with chronic liver disease are very sensitive to HAV.

5. Intravenous drug users.

6. People who like to drink raw water and eat raw shellfish.