Hepatitis A symptoms don’t appear until you’ve had the virus a few weeks.

Not everyone with hepatitis A develops them. Signs can include:

• Fatigue, sudden nausea and vomiting.

• Abdominal pain especially on the upper right side beneath your lower ribs by your liver.

• Clay-colored bowel movements and dark urine.

• Loss of appetite.

• Low-grade fever, joint pain and intense itching.

• Yellowing of skin and the whites of your eyes.

These symptoms may range from mild to a severe illness of several months.

Make an appointment with your doctor if you have hepatitis A symptoms.

Getting a hepatitis A vaccine or injection of immunoglobulin (an antibody) within 2 weeks of exposure may protect you from infection.