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Typhoid Fever
Typhoid fever is a common global disease characterized by fever, diarrhea and rashes. It is transmitted through the intake of foods, drinks or water contaminated with the bacteria Salmonella typhi. Typhoid fever is mostly prevalent among developing countries.
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Do people still get typhoid in 2013?
If you are living in developing country, then you at the risk of catching the typhoid fever. If you are living in developed country, then you practically at no risk of catching the typhoid fever.
How do you know if you are a typhoid carrier?
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.
Can you eat chocolate in typhoid?
Hello,
According to your question you can't eat non-veg if you have typhoid level (Report of Widal test) more than 1:640. But even if you want to eat chicken you should keep it in limit. Say for example once in 2 weeks or less than that.
Do you need typhoid injection more than once?
Yes, you should get it every 3 years if your risk continues to be high.
Is typhoid fever and typhoid the same thing?
Typhoid is a disease..... whereas , typhoid fever is the symptom of the disease .
What tests will be done in typhoid?
Blood culture done in the first week is the diagnostic test for typhoid fever. Blood culture is positive in over 85 % of cases. The next is paired Widal test done at the interval of one week after one week of fever. This is not that much sensitive and specific test.
Who developed a vaccine for typhoid fever?
The underlining Salmonella infection that causes it was identified in the late 1800's and the first vaccine was developed in 1897 by Almroth Edward Wright. The 1909 vaccine created by Frederick F. Russell, a U.S. Army physician, was used to immunize most of the United States armed forces. this is the first vaccine to be to given out to an whole army.
What is the theme of Typhoid Fever by Frank McCourt?
In Typhoid Fever, Frank McCourt tells of when he was hospitalized for several months after his confirmation. He tells of the hardships he endured during his childhood.
No, typhoid is spread via the ingestion of food and drink contaminated with fecal matter from an infected individual.
if you suspect you have typhoid, please see a doctor.
What food to eat when having typhoid?
I had typhoid five times, so I think I have good knowledge of how to handle it.
My best advice is to eat oranges with crushed cooked rice. It needs to be in liquid form, avoid spicy things completely, no solid items should be consumed, not even bread should be taken.
Many suffer from hair loss after typhus; take b-protein drink once you are well.
Some people put on weight after typhus, so be careful and at least for one month after avoid spicy items.
What parts of the body are affected by typhoid?
Typhus is an umbrella term used to describe a variety of conditions caused by bacteria in the Rickettsiae family. Although there are several forms of typhus, the main types are epidemic typhus, Brill-Zinsser disease, murine or endemic typhus, and scrub typhus. Every form is passed on to humans th
Epidemic typhus, also called Rickettisa prowazekii, is caused by contact with body lice. While living on a person's body, the lice defecate. These feces contain the bacteria that cause typhus. When the person scratches the wounds caused by the lice, the feces are rubbed into the wounds. This form of typhus typically affects large groups of people, as lice spread quickly in areas where people are crowded and unable to bathe regularly.
rough infected insects.
Symptoms of epidemic typhus include headache, fever, muscle aches, and weakness. A rash consisting of bumps and spots may also develop. This rash begins on the chest, back, and abdomen and spreads to the legs and arms. The brain or heart muscle may also swell in extreme cases, which may be fatal if left untreated.
Brill-Zinsser disease is a form of typhus that is actually a reactivation of a previous typhus infection when a person's immune system is weakened. This may occur as a complication of illness, surgery, or simply increasing age. Typically, this form of typhus affects individuals years after having overcome epidemic typhus and is quite mild. Symptoms include a week-long fever and a light rash.
Endemic typhus is passed on to humans by fleas. Similar to epidemic typhus, the flea defecates and the person scratches it into the wound. This form of typhus is most common in warm coastal regions, such as California and Texas in the United States. It typically causes a fever that lasts for about twelve days and is accompanied by a headache and chills. In some cases, a light rash may also develop.
Scrub typhus is carried by chiggers or mites. As these insects feed on a human, they deposit the bacteria in the skin. This type of typhus is most prominent in southeast Asia and Japan, particularly during the wet season. Scrub typhus is one of the most common causes of illness for people visiting these regions. The primary symptoms include headache, fever, muscle pains and aches, abdominal pain, cough, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. Some sufferers also develop a flat or bumpy rash with spots that develop into crusty scabs.
yes,
typhoid is a contagious or a spreading from one person to other disease it is really advisable to have a regular vaccination while setting off for a journey. Also it entirely advisable to have a clean livelihood which includes the practice of good hand washing, purified drinking water and so on.
Who was affected by typhoid in Victorian times?
It was often drinking/ washing water that was infected by sewage that caused typhoid. You could catch it from the Thames where it wasn't illegal to throw in your sewage, but people mainly got their drinking water from there aswell, so obviously it would have been infected.
How does typhoid fever affect the human body?
Typhoid fever, also known as enteric fever, or commonly just typhoid,[1] is an illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi. Common worldwide, it is transmitted by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with feces from an infected person.[2] The bacteria then perforate through the intestinal wall and are phagocytosed by macrophages. Salmonella Typhi then alters its structure to resist destruction and allow them to exist within the macrophage. This renders them resistant to damage by PMN's, complement and the immune response. The organism is then spread via the lymphatics while inside the macrophages. This gives them access to the reticuloendothelial system and then to the different organs throughout the body. The organism is a Gram-negative short bacillus that is motile due to its peritrichous flagella. The bacteria grows best at 37 °C/99 °F - human body temperature. [hide]
* 1 Symptoms * 2 Diagnosis * 3 Treatment ** 3.1 Resistance * 4 Prevention * 5 Transmission * 6 Epidemiology * 7 Heterozygous advantage * 8 History ** 8.1 Famous typhoid victims *** 8.1.1 Fictional characters * 9 References ** 9.1 Further reading * 10 External links Incidence of typhoid fever
♦ Strongly endemic
♦ Endemic
♦ Sporadic cases
Typhoid fever is characterized by a sustained fever as high as 40 °C (104 °F), profuse sweating, gastroenteritis, and nonbloody diarrhea. Less commonly a rash of flat, rose-colored spots may appear.[3] Classically, the course of untreated typhoid fever is divided into four individual stages, each lasting approximately one week. In the first week, there is a slowly rising temperature with relative bradycardia, malaise, headache and cough. A bloody nose (epistaxis) is seen in a quarter of cases and abdominal pain is also possible. There is leukopenia, a decrease in the number of circulating white blood cells, with eosinopenia and relative lymphocytosis, a positive diazo reaction and blood cultures are positive for Salmonella Typhi or Paratyphi. The classic Widal test is negative in the first week. In the second week of the infection, the patient lies prostrated with high fever in plateau around 40 °C (104 °F) and bradycardia (Sphygmo-thermic dissociation), classically with a dicrotic pulse wave. Delirium is frequent, frequently calm, but sometimes agitated. This delirium gives to typhoid the nickname of "nervous fever". Rose spots appear on the lower chest and abdomen in around 1/3 patients. There are rhonchi in lung bases. The abdomen is distended and painful in the right lower quadrant where borborygmi can be heard. Diarrhea can occur in this stage: six to eight stools in a day, green with a characteristic smell, comparable to pea-soup. However, constipation is also frequent. The spleen and liver are enlarged (hepatosplenomegaly) and tender and there is elevation of liver transaminases. The Widal reaction is strongly positive with antiO and antiH antibodies. Blood cultures are sometimes still positive at this stage. In the third week of typhoid fever a number of complications can occur: * Intestinal hemorrhage due to bleeding in congested Peyer's patches; this can be very serious but is usually non-fatal. * Intestinal perforation in distal ileum: this is a very serious complication and is frequently fatal. It may occur without alarming symptoms until septicaemia or diffuse peritonitis sets in. * Encephalitis * Metastatic abscesses, cholecystitis, endocarditis and osteitis The fever is still very high and oscillates very little over 24 hours. Dehydration ensues and the patient is delirious (typhoid state). By the end of third week the fever has started reducing (defervescence). This carries on into the fourth and final week.
Is typhoid a comnucable deasese?
Typhoid fever is considered a communicable disease. It is a bacterial infection that attacks the intestinal tract.
How can one possibly avoid typhoid fever?
There are two basic actions you can take to protect yourself from typhoid.
- Avoid risky foods & drinks like junk food and street food.
- Get vaccinated against typhoid fever.
It may come as a surprise to you, but keeping a watch on what you eat and drink when you travel is as important as being vaccinated. This is because the vaccines are not completely effective. Avoiding risky foods will also help protect you from other illnesses, including travelers' diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, and hepatitis A. Read more about information that is readily available on a second opinion site.
What is the dose of azithromycin to cure typhoid fever?
You have to give loading dose of one gram of azithromycin. To be fallowed by 500 mg twice a day for seven days on empty stomach. Azithromycin has got rather long half life and should always be given with loading dose.
you should not eat spicy food,oily food..atleast for one month...you can eat oats,bread,fresh juice and also you can eat without spicy items....mainly you should not eat chicken...its really harmful....
How does typhoid fever differs from salmonellosis?
Jaundice is a yellowish color to the eyes and skin that is caused by increased levels of billrubin in the blood. It is often seen in liver disease like hepatitis or liver cancer.
Typhoid, or typhoid fever, is transmilled through ingestion of food or water that is contaminated with feces from a person infected with the
Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica bacteria. It is not to be confused with typhus, which is caused by a different species of bacteria.
It is an acute illness associated with fever that is most often caused by the Salmonella typhoid and paratyphoid bacteria which is a bacterium that usually leads to a less severe illness.
The bacterium Salmonella enterica serovar typhi. Typhoid Fever is sometimes called Enteric Fever. See Wikipedia link below.
What is mode of transmission of typhoid?
it is transmitted by contaminated food and water.it is fetovoral
What is the treatment for typhoid?
Previously chloramphenicol was the drug of choice for the treatment of typhoid fever. However, with the development of safer and more effective drugs, the use of chloramphenicol has declined.
Drugs used in treatment range from familiar antibiotics, amoxillin and ampicillin, to combination treatment with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole.
Where resistant strains of Salmonella enterica typhi are found, 3rd generation cephalosporins (like ceftraixone and cefotaxime), and flouroquinolones (like ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin) are the drugs of choice for typhoid fever.
Can you take cefixime 400 mg with azithromycin 1000 mg in typhoid?
No. The correct dose of cifixime and azithromycine is 200+500 in combination which will give synergistic effect.
The dose of this combination is 1 times in a day...
No need to twice in a day.
It may causes overdose problem.
