Gayle Perez of the Pueblo Cheftain reports that the Pueblo City-County Health Department has given hepatitis A vaccinations to 100 people who may have been exposed to the viral disease on Memorial Day at the Desert Hawk Golf Course. The clinic was made available to people who may have had ice, cold drinks with ice or cut fruit at the Pueblo West golf course on May 31 and possibly exposed to hepatitis A.
The health department announced Wednesday there was one confirmed case of hepatitis A reported and issued an advisory for people who may have been exposed to the disease at the golf course.
Early signs and symptoms of hepatitis A appear two to six weeks after exposure and usually include mild fever, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, tiredness, pain in the upper right side of the abdomen, dark urine, light color stools and jaundice. Individuals who were at Desert Hawk on May 31 and had ice, a drink with ice or fruit can experience symptoms 15 to 50 days later. The hepatitis A virus generally is spread when a person ingests fecal matter from contact with objects, food or drinks contaminated by feces or a stool of an infected person.