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Can typhoid be eradicated?
no
How was typhoid fever stopped?
Typhoid fever was almost eradicated from the developed world by improved sanitation and good personal hygiene.
How common was it to have typhoid fever in 1940?
Typhoid fever was almost eradicated from developed world by improved sanitation and personal hygiene. It was and is fairly common in developing world, where sanitation and hygiene was and is poor.
What the treatment for typhoid fever?
You have ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone injections, azithromycin and chloramphenicol to treat the typhoid fever. One of the above drug can treat the typhoid fever.
Do people recover or die from typhoid fever?
Without treatment some 15 to 20 % patient of typhoid die. With good medical treatment the mortality is less than one percent.
Will Widal Test after positive resul after treatment in Typhoid?
I mean widal test result positive after treatment
How should herbal treatment be used with parasitic infections?
Herbal treatment should be given in combination with supportive dietary treatment and continued until the worms are completely eradicated.
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 do you cure typhoid?
Antibiotic treatment is effective. However, up to 25% of those who have contracted the disease can die without treatment.
What is the treatment for recurrent typhoid fever if the patient is allergic to cephalosporin and penicillin?
Typhoid can be effectively treated with ciprofloxacin 750 mg twice a day for ten to fourteen days.
What disease were people worried about during 1970s corned beef scare in Argentina?
Typhoid. A single can of Aregentinian corned beef put 500 people in hospital in Aberdeen, for example, from a disease thought to be eradicated in the UK.
How can you treat typhoid dengue malaria together?
It is very common practice in developing countries to treat the typhoid fever as a case of malaria, specially in the first week. You tell patient that he has malaria. He does not respond to your antimalarial treatment. Then you have no option but to tell the patient that he has got both malaria and typhoid at the same time. The fact is that typhoid is usually difficult to diagnose in the first week of fever. It is always better to rule out the malarial fever by giving the antimalarial treatment in first week of febrile illness.
