A 30-year-old IT professional, Anish (name changed on request), was diagnosed with Hepatitis A infection. It was present in the most severe form and he also had acute liver failure as well as renal failure which was triggered by the acute liver disease.

Anish was admitted to Jehangir Hospital in Pune in the last week of June 2019. On admission, he had fever, was deeply jaundiced, was weak with an inability to eat and irrelevant speech at times. He was on an anti-epileptic drug to prevent fits which could sometimes lead to liver injury. He had sober habits and no pre-existing liver disease. On evaluation, he was diagnosed as Acute Hepatitis A - which is a type of food born hepatitis which generally occurs in children. Patients who get infected at a later age (after 25 yrs age) can have severe liver disease.