Whataburger Employee Diagnosed With Hepatits A
The Texas Department of State Health Services issued a statement Friday that an employee at the Whataburger in both Harlingen and Raymondville, Texas has been diagnosed with hepatitis A and may have exposed others to the virus.
The employee worked at the Harlingen Whataburger between March 1 and 12, and at the Raymondville location between March 13 and March 31. Anyone who ate at those restaurants on those dates could possibly have been exposed to the virus.
If you ate at the restaurant, you should watch for symptoms of hepatitis A, including jaundice, fatigue, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, nausea, diarrhea, and fever. The first hepatitis A symptoms can appear from 15 to 50 days after the initial infection. The average length of time between infection and the first appearance of symptoms (this is called the incubation period) is about a month.
Unfortunately, infected individuals are most contagious in the middle of the incubation period, weeks before any sign of symptoms. Hepatitis A sufferers are usually contagious for about a week after they become jaundiced.Some people may show no symptoms of hepatitis, and adults are more likely to have symptoms than children.
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