A nurse is teaching a middle school health class on the different types of viral hepatitis. Which statement made by a student indicates the need for further teaching?
1. "Both hepatitis A and E are not chronic infections.".
2. "Hepatitis A is characterized by symptoms of jaundice, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, malaise, and fever.".
3. "Hepatitis B, C, and D have symptoms similar to those of hepatitis A, and can also include arthralgias, arthritis and skin eruptions or rash.".
4. "Both Hepatitis B and C have an incubation period of 45–160 days.".
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Rationale 1: This is true. Neither hepatitis A nor E is chronic.
Rationale 2: This is true. Hepatitis A is characterized by symptoms of jaundice, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, malaise, and fever, and there is a vaccine available to prevent hepatitis A.
Rationale 3: This is true. Hepatitis B, C, and D have symptoms similar to those of hepatitis A, and can also include arthralgias, arthritis and skin eruptions or rash.
Rationale 4: Hepatitis B has an incubation period of 45–160 days, but hepatitis C has an incubation period of 14–180 days.
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