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Hi, I have a dental appointment coming up, and there is a hepatitis A outbreak. I wanted to know if you would postpone your appointment until they find the source of the hepatitis A and it goes away. My appointment is with a dental clinic who serves poor and uninsured people for free. So if you were me would you postpone your appointment. Btw, I have a cavity to be filled that's not to bad. Thanks for your time!
Hi, I have a dental appointment coming up, and there is a hepatitis A outbreak. I wanted to know if you would postpone your appointment until they find the source of the hepatitis A and it goes away. My appointment is with a dental clinic who serves poor and uninsured people for free. So if you were me would you postpone your appointment. Btw, I have a cavity to be filled that's not to bad. Thanks for your time!
Yeh...why not just postpone your appt......at least until the outbreak is over, since your tooth's "not that bad"....that's what I'd do.
Last edited by purehuman; 08-15-2016 at 06:38 AM..
Hepatitis A is spread by the fecal to oral route. You get it from food contaminated with the virus. You would be unlikely to get it at a dental office.
If you live in an area where outbreaks are happening, the vaccine is a good idea.
hepatitis a just means inflammation of the liver. The symptoms are flu like,(like the side effects of the shot) though some people never know they've even had it, as it's generally a very mild illness... and hepatitis A resolves in most patients without treatment in about 2-3 weeks as there is no treatment for hep a.....
Serious problems are extremely rare......as is it's progression to liver disease.
hepatitis a just means inflammation of the liver. The symptoms are flu like,(like the side effects of the shot) though some people never know they've even had it, as it's generally a very mild illness... and hepatitis A resolves in most patients without treatment in about 2-3 weeks as there is no treatment for hep a.....
Serious problems are extremely rare......as is it's progression to liver disease.
"Hepatitis" is inflammation of the liver
"Hepatitis A" is caused by a specific virus...it is NOT generally a MILD illness
There ARE treatments for Hep A including PEP(post exposure prophylaxis) or immunoglobulin treatment...
Symptoms are not "just flu like" but include jaundice in up to 70% of patient, nausea, vomiting...symptoms can last up to 2 months and in 10-15 % cases last up to 6 months
Symptoms of Hep A are NOT "just like the shot"....the FEW uncommon side effects of a vaccine last at most for 1-2 DAYS and do NOT include jaundice
Most folks that get Hep A are very sick for weeks if not months....
The vaccine is very effective for preventing this illness and at risk populations SHOULD receive it and it is WORTH IT
Get vaccinated and why in the world is there an outbreak of HepA at a dentist office? I could see B or C; but HepA...are you sure it's A. The infection from A can be mild or it can also be bad; individual factors play a part. I'm just trying to imagine how an actual outbreak of HepA (which of course was reported to the CDC) could/would happen in a dentist office.
How's the investigation going at the dentist office. I know that those investigators would be all over the place, and I don't believe your dentist would be taking in patients until they found the source; so don't worry about your appointment.
....How's the investigation going at the dentist office. I know that those investigators would be all over the place, and I don't believe your dentist would be taking in patients until they found the source; so don't worry about your appointment.
Read the OP again. Seems to be saying 1. there is a hep A outbreak in his area; 2. he wants to go to the dental clinic.
It doesn't appear to me that the outbreak is connected with the clinic.
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