Talk:Hepatitis A/Archive 1

Archive 1

Sourcing and quality

Anyone else thinks there should be better sources than the Boy Scouts on hepatitis A? JFW | T@lk 22:09, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

I'll second that, I got the cooking merit badge years ago, and it didn't mention anything about using plastic wrap when performing analingus. Pro crast in a tor 21:15, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

STD

is this an STD? can it be transmitted through rimming?Qrc2006 09:41, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

The common cold is also an "STD" according to your definition, as it can be contracted by kissing someone with a runny nose. Yes, rimming can certainly cause transmission of hepatitis A, but that does not make it an STD. An STD is a disease that is predominantly transmitted sexually, like syphilis and AIDS. JFW | T@lk 07:05, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Hepatitis A can be transmitted through analingus and other practises that involve ingesting faeces. However, it is not otherwise sexually transmitted which makes me wonder why the page suggests wearing condoms as a prevention method. Can anyone suggest a reason not to remove this from the page? Jalohones 05:27, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Current Events are trivial items

I'm not sure Current Events are truly relevant information for this page. I hopped onto here because I wanted to know more about Hepatitis A after reading about an outbreak in my state (from my favorite and only Pizza Ranch restaurant near Minneapolis). I'm sorry Wolfgang Puck doesn't own Pizza Ranch and an NBA basketball star wasn't in Minnesota eating there. How relevant is celebrity news for Wikipedia articles? I think Wikipedia events are generally allowed by the severity of the situation. Hepatitis A outbreaks at restaurants, though rare, are common because that is the vector of this particular virus. How come deadlier outbreaks are not in the Current Event section? I advocate we remove the Current Events section altogether and instead make a Transmission or Prevention section and note how the virus is generally transmitted and then cite recent events as an example. This virus is not famous or well known because Wolfgang Puck is involved in it, he just happened to be another bystander in this virus' long history. Davumaya 07:51, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. It is rather trivial and "Current Events" will hardly be current events in a year's time. -- Permafrost 08:07, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. I have deleted this section.--GrahamColm^Talk 14:31, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Symptoms

This page is missing symptoms, which seems like an important part of any article on a disease. I'm starting a tentative section on symptoms, but please feel free to revise & improve it. Thanks. Mfulvio 16:39, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Is this really teh recommended treatment?

"There is no specific treatment for hepatitis A, exept rubbing the enfected areas with your own pee then scraping the yellow skin off with a razor after allowing it to soak in pee for 4 to 8 hours. to Sufferers are advised to rest, avoid fatty foods and alcohol (these may be poorly tolerated for some additional months during the recovery phase and cause minor relapses), eat a well-balanced diet, and stay hydrated." - Really? At the very least the grammar needs copyediting. I am hesitant to remove the (to my eyes) spurious stuff about pee, as I know there are weirder things out there. But I do have to wonder if this is accurate, or vandalism even... -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. 00:18, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Corrections

The IgM doesn't usually disappear in 6 months using modern EIA's.

• Have you got a citation for this? Graham Colm ^Talk 05:36, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

A phrase "The first dose provides protection two to four weeks after initial vaccination" seems somewhat ambiguous to me. According to sources it means "after two to four weeks since initial vaccination", but can be understood as "during two to four weeks after initial vaccination". Am I right, or is it just my poor English? --Victordk13 (talk) 06:27, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Under the heading signs and symptoms it lists depression. I cannot find a direct source for that. Does anyone have a source for this information?98.109.36.241 (talk) 17:40, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

I have trimmed the section to include only symptoms listed by the CDC website given as a source. The CDC website has been reorganised, and the original page may have included more symptoms, but depression was added to the list by an anonymous editor some years ago without any change to the reference.-gadfium 20:05, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Milan, IL Outbreak

Between June and July, authorities began investigating an outbreak of Hepatitis A in the Quad City Area and linked it to the McDonalds in the city of Milan, IL. I think this case should be put up, seeing as how authorities believe it may have potentially affected up to 10,000 people and the... Impossibility this case was. A viral outbreak in a small McDonalds in a backwater town potentially effecting more than twice the town's residency. It seems unreal. Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534103,00.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.36.75.51 (talk) 09:01, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, this is interesting, but I do not think it is worthy of inclusion. The operative word is "potentially" and an outbreak, as defined by CDC, does not seem to have occurred. This sort of thing is surprisingly common. Graham Colm ^Talk 09:10, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Acetaminophen?

ok

The article states that acetaminophen is often used in treatment. But according to http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001323, "People with acute hepatitis should avoid alcohol and any substances that are toxic to the liver, including acetaminophen (Tylenol)."

I have deleted the un-sourced content in question. Thanks. Graham Colm (talk) 17:16, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Are statistics Accurate?

Under the Epidemiology Section, it states, ". Approximately one third of the US population has been infected by hepatitis A, most of whom go undiagnosed.[29]"

However, looking at the graph: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HAV_prevalence_2005.svg, it indicates that less than 2% of the US population has the Anti-HAV-Antibody. Something seems wrong with the statement that 1/3 of the population has been infected.

Is it that only half to one third of the cases are reported? Keelec (talk) 21:43, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

The source linked to did not include support for this figure, although it appears the CDC site has been re-organised since the link was added. I've trimmed and updated the number of cases in the US.-gadfium 23:49, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

virus split

Should the virus that causes Hep A be split off onto its own article and get a paragraph or two here summarizing that article? And under what name? Hepatitis A virus is the most commonly used name, but the ICTV recently changed its name to Hepatovirus A. ComfyKem (talk) 09:22, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

It could be. Not really needed as this article is not excessively long. Would go with common name "Hepatitis A virus" Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 16:13, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Innumericity

The article claims, on one hand, that 1.5 million cases per year occur worldwide, yet that a greater number -- 105 million cases -- occur annually in the USA alone. Not only is that mathematically impossible, an annual US total of 105 million would mean that at any given time 1/3 of Americans have Hepatitis A !

67.165.91.134 (talk) 18:58, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

Where did you find this 105 million number? Ruslik_Zero 13:23, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

The numbers (1.5 and 102 million) occur in the last paragraph of the lead section, and again (1.4 and 102 million) in the "Epidemiology" section. They both relate to worldwide cases, but I agree that the distinction between them is not clear. Presumably the lower number relates to new cases annually and the latter to all existing cases. The source for the higher figure supports it in table 3, but also gives a figure in table 10 of about 7.8 million prevalent cases in 2013.-gadfium 20:20, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

There is no "not new cases". The lower figure is for symptomatic infections and the higher figure is for symptomatic+asymptomatic. Ruslik_Zero 20:39, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

Map lacks further explanation

The colors on the world map incidence of hepatitis A are not explained at all — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.164.131.117 (talk) 05:22, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out. I've added a legend.-gadfium 07:11, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

To add {{see also}} to refer readers to the parent article hepatitis

Any idea? Thanks. =) --It's gonna be awesome!✎Talk♬ 16:44, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Linked it in the text. No need for see also. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 23:54, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Ahh, I got it! =) --It's gonna be awesome!✎Talk♬ 15:39, 22 July 2017 (UTC)