What Is Hepatitis A, the Virus Now Linked to a New Jersey Starbucks?
Some of those symptoms, like a fever, diarrhea, and feeling tired, seem like they could be confused with COVID-19, but infectious disease expert Amesh A. Adalja, M.D., a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, says that it’s more common to get nausea, vomiting, and jaundice with hepatitis A. “It is not a respiratory virus,” he says. So, if you have a cough or other respiratory symptoms, it’s unlikely that you’re dealing with hepatitis A.
The recommendation that people who have been exposed get vaccinated against hepatitis A is a little confusing, given that vaccines are supposed toan illness. But Dr. Adalja says that the vaccine can be used as prophylaxis after you’ve been exposed. So can immune globulin, a treatment made from human blood plasma that contains antibodies, which are your body’s natural defense against infection.
But, again, if you’ve been vaccinated in the past against hepatitis A, you don’t need to get vaccinated again.
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