Joint Pain
Arthralgia is described as stiffness of the joints that can result from fatigue, injury, gout, sprains, or viral infections. Current data also linked the connection between arthralgia and hepatitis. Experts explain that this happens because the immune system is too heightened and focused on eliminating the virus (HAV), causing inflammation in different body parts. As a result, the stiffness of the joints usually disappears once the virus is eliminated.
Hepatitis A is also linked with arthritis or the inflammation of one or more joints. Patients with hepatitis A study shows that patients with hepatitis A also present symptoms closely similar to rheumatic diseases. In addition, joint pain is a common symptom of acute and chronic hepatitis and other liver-related disorders. A recent study shows that 60 percent of patients with hepatitis experience joint pain caused by cryoglobulinemia or the inflammation of the blood vessels. Although joint pain disappears once hepatitis is resolved, some patients may develop weaker joints and connective tissues.
