Acute jaundice hepatitis jaundice symptoms include weakness and gastrointestinal symptoms, such as lack of appetite, aversion to oily food, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation or a deepening of urine color. Hepatitis A and E have a more rapid onset and may have cold symptoms such as chills and fever, and the gastrointestinal symptoms are more severe than those of types B and C. Hepatitis B, C and D have a slow onset, often without fever, but rash and arthralgia are more common than hepatitis A and E. Hepatitis C has a more insidious onset and milder symptoms than hepatitis B. In a few cases, fever, headache and upper respiratory symptoms are the main manifestations, and this period usually lasts about a week.