What are the symptoms of acute hepatitis B infection?
Not everyone develop symptoms after acute Hepatitis B infection. Although majority of adults develop symptoms from acute hepatitis B infection, many young children do not. Adults and children over the age of 5 years are more likely to have symptoms. Seventy percent (70%) of adults will have symptoms from an acute Hepatitis B infection.
Symptoms of acute Hepatitis B infection, if present, can include:
- Fever
- Fatigue
- Loss of appetite
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Abdominal pain
- Dark urine
- Clay-colored stool
- Joint pains
- Jaundice (yellow color in the skin or the eyes)
