Colon (large intestine) and Rectum
Pancreas, Bile Ducts, Pancreatic Duct and Gallbladder
Small Bowel (small intestine)
Upper Gastrointestinal Tract
Most Common Diseases
- Hepatitis A virus may be transmitted several ways, such as:
- Eating food handled by someone with the virus who doesn't thoroughly wash his or her hands after using the
- Drinking contaminated water
- Eating raw shellfish from water polluted with sewage
- Being in close contact with an infected person — even though that person has no signs or symptoms
- Having sex with someone who has the virus
- Fatigue
- Nausea and vomiting
- Abdominal pain or discomfort, especially in the area of your liver on your right side beneath your lower ribs
- Clay-colored bowel movements
- Loss of appetite
- Low-grade fever
- Dark urine
- Joint pain
- Yellowing of the skin and eyes (jaundice)