Question

Vijaya Reddy is a college student who visited relatives near her parents’ birthplace in Anantapur, India, during summer vacation. Although her relatives provided boiled or purified water at their home, they occasionally took Vijaya to local restaurants, where she drank tap water. Several weeks after Vijaya returned home, she developed flu-like symptoms and started feeling extremely tired. She also experienced upper abdominal pain and felt nauseous after meals. After her roommate told her that her eyes and skin appeared yellow, she knew something was definitely wrong. A physician at the student health center diagnosed hepatitis. 1. 1. Which type of hepatitis did Vijaya most likely have? 2. 2. What additional symptoms may develop? 3. 3. Is Vijaya’s condition likely to become chronic? 4. 4. What medical treatment is suggested for Vijaya’s condition? 5. 5. Describe the dietary modifications that may be necessary in some cases. As discussed in the section on cirrhosis, many patients develop protein-energy malnutrition and wasting during the course of illness. Review Table 19-4 on p. 542 to find examples of problems that may lead to malnutrition. 1. 6. Select three nutrition or medical problems (from the “Examples” column). Indicate with three nutrition or medical problems were selected. 2. 7. Discuss the complications of liver disease that may cause the problems you selected. 3. 8. What dietary or medical treatments can help in managing these three problems?

Answer 1

1. It is Hepatitis A, which is foodborne, transmitted by drinking or eating food contaminated with faecal matter containing the virus.

2. symptoms

• fatigue,
• nausea
• vomiting
• pain in the liver region
• dark urine
• light coloured stools (clay coloured)
• joint pain
• loss of appetite
• diarrhoea

3.

Hepatitis A is a short-term infection and does not become chronic. symptoms persist for less than 2 months although most people recover from the hepatitis A virus within 6 months without any complications.

4.

This hepatitis usually clear upon by its own. In mild cases, the patient requires no treatment, should recommend for lots of rest and drinking plenty of water and nutritious diet. If the symptom persists or become worse like frequent vomiting and diarrhoea hospitalization required.

If the patient is recently exposed to the virus, vaccination may prevent infection.it takes place within 24 hours of possible exposure.