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Classic triad
When diagnosing hepatitis A, it is essential to know about its classic triad, which includes fever, hepatomegaly (liver enlargement), and jaundice. Most patients display all three of them, but they are not mandatory to make the diagnosis. Other symptoms may replace one of the classic triad, and some patients may stay asymptomatic or have mild symptoms, especially in the case of young children and infants.
It is important to note that the severity of the symptoms listed above varies between one patient and the other. One of the most relevant factors that modulate the severity of the symptoms is the patient’s age. The disease is usually mild and sometimes asymptomatic in very young patients. But as the age increases, so it happens with the severity of the disease.
In any case, and regardless of the severity of the symptoms, it is critical to talk to your doctor. Hepatitis A is a public health problem, and your doctor needs to register your case and that of your children to reduce the spread of the disease.
References
Iorio, N., & John, S. (2019). Hepatitis A. In StatPearls [Internet]. StatPearls Publishing.
Linder, K. A., & Malani, P. N. (2017). Hepatitis a. Jama, 318(23), 2393-2393.
