As the condition progresses the cardinal sign of jaundice appears. This is where the skin and whites of the eyes take on a lemon yellow hue, something your friends will notice before you, and there may be a delay in recognition if you have worked up a nice suntan. Hepatitis A is what they call a self limiting condition, it'll get better by itself, but whilst you wait for this then anything that puts a strain on the liver has to be stopped, especially alcohol. Recovery can take from 3 months to a year to occur. Very rarely it is fatal and that is why doctors insist that you get a shot to prevent you from getting the disease.
Immunisation is simple.
One injection will give you a years immunity. It takes 2 weeks for the vaccination to become effective so you had better get it soon. If you have left it too late for this shot then there is another available that works immediately but only gives you 3 months cover. It is called gammaglobulin and used to be the only vaccination available until the latest one year one. The other good news for needle phobics is that if you have your Hep.