By Boston.com Staff
June 16, 2004
A case of hepatitis A has occurred in a food worker at the Friendly’s Restaurant located at 105 Broadway in Arlington, the town’s Board of Health and state health officials announced today.
In a notice posted on the Board’s web site health officials warned that people who ate cold or uncooked foods at the restaurant between June 4 through June 15 may be at risk of developing hepatitis A.
Officials urged that anyone who ate cold or uncooked foods at the restaurant during that period should contact their health care provider and be administered Immune Globulin as soon as possible.
The Board of Health said this recommendation should also apply to people who are unsure of just what they ate from the restaurant during the period of time involved.
In its web site notice the Board also said a clinic to administer IG will held held on Friday at Symmes Hospital. One session will be from 9 a.m. to noon and a second from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
They pointed out that early signs and symptoms of hepatitis A are fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dark urine and jaundice.