Hepatitis E after a trip to the homeland
A patient complains of fever and body aches on return to Australia
28th August 2018
Nirav is a 37-year-old man of South-Asian descent.
He moved to Australia with his wife 10 years ago and works in a plastics factory.
He presents as a new patient, complaining of a high fever and body aches for the past four days.
He also has anorexia and mild nausea.
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Nirav denies any upper respiratory symptoms and
