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It is not an easy job for your physician to diagnose the typhoid fever. He will do careful physical examination. There may be splenomegaly. He may go for your blood culture in the first week of fever. Later on he may go for your Widal teat at weekly interval. He will do your TLC and DLC examination along with hemoglobin. He will tell that you have typhoid after one or more tests or on clinical ground alone.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoYou have to go for repeated stool culture before it is declared that you not a carrier. If the bacteria can be cultured from your stool even after complete treatment and if the culture is positive at weekly interval for 2 to 3 weeks means that you are a typhoid carrier.
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How could Mary Mallon live with typhoid fever and not know it?
Mary Mallon did not have fever. She was asymptomatic carrier of typhoid. She did not believe the doctors and such phenomena is common in clinical practice.
Does typhoid fever has reservoir?
Patient is carrier of typhoid fever for few weeks. Many asymptomatic cases of typhoid are also carriers of typhoid for few weeks. Occasionally the person becomes chronic carrier of typhoid bacteria. Such people are very dangerous, when they work in cooking profession and have poor personal hygiene. You should read the story of Typhoid Mary from USA.
What are the release dates for Highway Patrol - 1955 Typhoid Carrier 2-6?
Highway Patrol - 1955 Typhoid Carrier 2-6 was released on: USA: 12 November 1956
What is meant by typhoid Mary was a carrier?
This means that she was a healthy carrier: in other words, she did not look sick, and she showed no signs of sickness. However, because she was in contact with other people, they would contract the typhoid. Typhoid Mary carried the sickness for years, transferring it to other people, but she never showed signs of the sickness herself.
How would you distinguish between an incubatory carrier and a chronic carrier of typhoid fever?
Widal test is negative in incubatory carrier. Widal test is always positive in chronic carrier.
Why is Mary mallon guilty of spreading typhoid?
because she really did spread typhoid. She was a carrier of typhoid and caused about 35 cases and 3 deaths in New York. She worked as a cook and many of those who ate her food would come down with typhoid.
Whywas typhoid Mary was so dangerous as a healthy carrier?
Typhoid Mary spread the typhoid in USA for many years. She became very much infamous. Probably she carried typhoid bacteria in her gall bladder. You need to read her story in original.
What is the complete treatment of typhoid?
Treatment of typhoid is complete, when the patient is no more the carrier of typhoid fever. It was a common problem in olden days when chloramphenicol was used to treat the typhoid fever. Chloramphenicol is a bacteriostatic drug. With the advent of bactericidal drugs, you have less number of carriers of typhoid fever. You have to do repeated culture of stool sample to rule out the carrier stage. Some times the typhoid bacteria is hidden in gall bladder and then you may have to remove the gall bladder. Such precautions are practically never taken in developing countries.
How did she get the typhoid fever?
She came from Scotland and like most of such ladies joined the job of housekeeping. Mary joined the job of cooking, because that was better paid job. She was one of the asymptomatic carrier of typhoid and she did not remembered to be ill with typhoid.
What do you use to treat the typhoid?
Antibiotics
Can you be chronic typhoid carrier for 40 years?
Before 1980's you used to treat typhoid fever with Chloramphenicol antibiotic for 10 to 14 days. It is a 'bacteriostatic' antibiotic and there used to be many cases of chronic carrier. Few used to relapse and responded well to chloramphenicol again. Then there was emergence of chloramphenicol resistant typhoid fever. It was a serious threat to health system. Fortunately fluroqunoline group of antibacterials came to the rescue. And most cases can be managed with this antibacterial drug. This being 'bactericidal' drug you do-not have many carriers of typhoid fever. Another drug being ceftriaxone injections is also 'bactericidal' antibiotic. And you do-not have many cases of chronic carrier of typhoid fever. You treat the typhoid carriers with one of the 'bactericidal' drug. But, if you happen to find a person of typhoid fever for 40 years, please do not get surprised. As in biology this can easily happen. ( It is interesting to read the story of 'Typhoid Merry' from USA.)
What type of organism is typhoid fever?
i dont know! do you
