Hepatitis has several forms. Flulike symptoms, such as fever, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and loss of appetite. Dark urine from bile spilling into the urine. This type can occur in epidemics. An infected mother can pass it to her newborn.
Some cases appear sporadically.
Usually transmitted through intravenous drug use, blood transfusions and other exposures from contaminated blood or its products. Oral-anal sexual practices. Use of intravenous, mind-altering drugs. Vaccines are under development for other forms. Routine hepatitis B vaccination for all newborn infants.