Overview

The hepatitis A virus is the cause of hepatitis A, a highly infectious, transient liver ailment That causes inflammation of the liver. Hepatitis A patients may experience symptoms for a few weeks to many months, but they often recover fully and do not sustain any long-term liver damage. Rarely, hepatitis A can result in liver failure and even death; older adults and those with other major medical conditions, such as chronic liver disease, are more likely to experience this.

Causes

Fecal transmission: Infected individuals' blood and stool contain the hepatitis A virus. When the virus is consumed, it can spread the hepatitis A virus. 

• Person-to-person contact: Hepatitis A can be transmitted by intimate, close contact with an infected individual, including through forms of sexual contact (such as oral-anal sex), providing care for an unwell person, or during drug abuse.

• Eating contaminated food or drink: Hepatitis A virus contamination of food can occur during any stage of its food cycle, including growth, harvesting, processing, handling, and even cooking. Eating contaminated fresh and frozen food products increases the risk of food and water contamination. Individuals who are more susceptible to hepatitis 

• Foreign passengers 

• Homosexual Men 

• All those who use drugs illegally

• People at risk of exposure in the workplace 

• Roadside dwellers

Symptoms

Compared to children, adults are more likely to exhibit symptoms. Symptoms often present 2 to 7 weeks after infection. Though some patients may experience symptoms for up to six months, symptoms often subside in less than two months. Symptoms may consist of: 

• Yellowing of  eyes or skin 

• Aversion to eating 

• Gastric discomfort 

• Vomiting Pain in the stomach 

• High temperature 

• Light-colored feces or dark urine 

• The loose stool Discomfort in the joints 

• Exhaustion

Ayurvedic View

Yakrut roga- Due to following nidana (causes) like intake of viruddha ahara (incompatible food), adhyashana (intake of food before digestion of previous taken food), abhishyandi ahara (food that blocks channel), adhika madhya pana (excess alcohol intake) etc, all leads to agni mandya (low digestion) and causes aggravation of all the three doshas, namely vata , pitta, kapha (and with other external causes), after entering yakrut (liver), affects the proper functioning of liver, this is hepatitis. Ayurveda's approach is to correct agni (metabolism), bring dosha back to balance, reduce the symptoms, improve the functionong of liver by ayurvedic panchakarma treatment and with follow of pathya (healthy food).

Ayurvedic Treatments

Nabhi Basti   Lepanam   Langhanam

Naturopathy Treatments

Hip bath  Magnetotherapy   Gastro hepatic pack    Spinal Bath  Pranayama   Mind sound resonance technique   Diet Therapy