The disease appears from the start in the acute mode with flu-like symptoms: fever, headache, body aches, weakness, nausea, lack of appetite, abdominal discomfort, jaundice, liver tender to the touch.

Note : jaundice occurs in 50 to 80% of adults, but it rarely occurs in children. Hepatitis A can therefore often go unnoticed. You may think it is a cold snap, a bad cold or the flu.