Doctors say that unlike Hepatitis B and this, this infection does not cause chronic liver disease, but it can contribute to debilitating symptoms and sometimes acute liver failure which is potentially fatal. WHO also estimates that in 2016, 7134 patients passed away due to the infection globally. It has a 0.
5% mortality rate. Vengoo: A Hepatitis A virus is spreading at a rapid pace in Vengoor, a gram panchayat near Perumbavoor. So far, 208 suspected cases of the infection have been reported – the first one was confirmed on April 17.
With this, people are falling sick in one household after the other and it has stirred a scare wave across the area. On May 7, a 51-year-old woman succumbed to the infection while getting treatment for the same. Three other patients of the virus are also in critical condition at present.
Authorities are currently unclear about the source of the outbreak – however, the drinking water project of the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) are under scruitiny for the same. What is Hepatitis A? Hepatitis A is a condition characterised by inflammation of the liver and it is triggered by the hepatitis A virus (HAV). The virus spreads when an uninfected or an unvaccinated person eats food or water contaminated with faeces of an infected patient.
It is blamed on the following factors: Doctors say that unlike Hepatitis B and this, this infection does not cause chronic liver disease, but it can contribute to debilitating symptoms and sometimes acute liver failure .
