Physicians reminded that frequent hand washing can prevent hepatitis A. (Photo by reporter Zhang Xuanzhe)
[Reporter Zhang Xuanzhe/Taichung Report]Recently, the frozen berries sold by Costco were found to have hepatitis A virus, which caused an uproar in all walks of life, and the public also paid attention to the hepatitis A problem. The Ministry of Health and Welfare urgently ordered the Food and Drug Administration to suspend the sale of Costco Multiple types of berries to enter. Due to the long incubation period of hepatitis A, it takes about 15 to 50 days from infection to onset, with an average of 28 to 30 days. It is not easy to judge whether you are infected at once. Lai Dafeng, the attending physician of the Hepatobiliary and Gastroenterology Department of Dajia Li General Hospital in Taichung City, said that if you urinate The color becomes dark brown, the appetite is abnormal, or the whole body is tired and particularly tired. If these three points appear, it may be acute hepatitis. You must seek medical treatment as soon as possible. It is recommended that you should eat less frozen berries and raw food recently!
Lai Dafeng said that the symptoms of hepatitis A infection include fever, general malaise, loss of appetite, nausea, and vomiting, which are similar to common cold symptoms. Some patients have more serious symptoms such as tea-colored urine and jaundice. Heal naturally and produce antibodies. Although the fatality rate is only 3/1000, it cannot be ignored.
Lai Dafeng pointed out that hepatitis A is mainly transmitted through fecal-oral transmission. The most common route of transmission is eating food or water contaminated with the virus. For example, the frozen berries at Costco were contaminated this time. In addition, human-to-human contact is also possible. It will be contagious. When the infected person does not wash his hands properly, he will directly contact other objects or food to cause infection. Therefore, we must develop good hygiene habits, and wash our hands before eating and eating to reduce the possibility of infection.
Lai Dafeng, a hepatobiliary and gastroenterologist at Dajiali General Hospital, recommends avoiding raw food so as not to be infected with liver A. (Photo by reporter Zhang Xuanzhe)
The weather is getting hotter and the food is not well-preserved, which is easy to breed germs. Lai Dafeng said that the public should pay attention to food hygiene, do not drink or eat raw, and the food should be cooked, especially raw oysters or aquatic shellfish. Although the hepatitis A virus can be killed by heating at 85 degrees C for 1 minute, cooked food is sometimes contaminated by raw food on the side.
Lai Dafeng emphasized that if the symptoms of hepatitis A really appear, you must seek medical treatment as soon as possible. Do not take medicine or drink indiscriminately, so as not to increase the burden on the liver. You must also have adequate rest and supplement nutrition. If the blood test does not protect Sexual antibodies, it is recommended that the hepatitis A vaccine can be administered at one’s own expense.
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