How is it treated?
There are no special medicines or antibiotics that can be used to treat or cure a person once symptoms appear. Doctors may recommend bed rest or inactivity, eating a balanced diet low in fat, avoidance of alcoholic beverages, and non-essential medications. Medicine to help with vomiting or dehydration is sometimes needed.

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1. What is hepatitis A and who gets it?
2. What is the incubation period?
3. What are the symptoms?
4. How is it spread?
5. How is it treated?
6. How can you avoid getting hepatitis A?
7. Who is at risk of getting hepatitis A?
8. What if you are exposed to hepatitis A?