Typhoid: Understanding the Cause and Risk Factors

What is Typhoid Fever

Overview

Typhoid is a type of fever caused by bacteria called Salmonella typhi. Typhoid is everywhere in the world, but it is very common in developing countries.

Typhoid is a life-threatening disease that easily spreads through contaminated food and water or through close contact with an infected person that causes typhoid fever.

Worldwide, typhoid fever affects roughly 11 to 21 million people annually, resulting in more than 128,000 to 161,000 deaths per year.

Typhoid treatment is possible, but in untreated people, typhoid can lead to life-threatening complications Let's know more about: What Typhoid is: Symptoms cause and treatment.

Typhoid fever symptoms 



Typhoid bacteria infect only humans, not other animals.

Typhoid sings, and symptoms usually come with one and two weeks after in infection.

• Headache

• Fatigue

• Body pain

• Muscle aches

• Sweating

• Cough

• Stomach pain

• Diarrhea

• Constipation

• Extremely swollen stomach

• Rash

• Weight loss

• Loss of appetite

• High fever

 

Later symptoms

• Enlargement of the spleen

• Rose sports on upper abdomen

• Become delirious

• Bleeding or perforations in the intestine
 
 

Typhoid fever causes

Typhoid is a type of fever caused by bacteria called Salmonella typhi (S. typhi).

Typhoid fever is referred to as S. Paratyphi A, B, and C bacteria, which cause a similar illness that is classified as typhoid.

Salmonella typhi (Typhi) bacteria infect the intestinal tract and the blood.

Typhoid is everywhere in the world, but it is very common in developing countries. Typhoid is spread by S. typhi via the oral-fecal route, usually through contaminated water and food. also transmitted through contact with a typhoid patient.


Risk factors

Typhoid is a worldwide disease, but some regions have a higher incidence of the disease.

If you are live in this country and do you want travel where typhoid fever is common, you're at increased risk typhoid infection.

• South east asia

• Africa

• South America

• Pakistan

• Bangladesh

Children are the most vulnerable to the disease worldwide. Despite having milder symptoms than adults,.


Prevention of typhoid


Typhoid can be prevented by.

• Drinking clean water

• Eat healthy food

• Drink hot milk and tea

• Avoid street food

• Wash your hand with soap before eating

• Sanitize your hand before eating

• Eat hot food

• Don't use dirty toilet

• Avoid keep distance from patients


Typhoid test

Typhoid is diagnosed by analysing samples of blood, stool, or urine. doctor examined him under a microscope for the Salmonella typhi bacteria that cause typhoid.

Widal test

Widal test common test diagnose typhoid bacteria. In laboratory check antibodies that your body makes against the salmonella bacteria that causes typhoid fever. Doctor check O and H antibodies in a patient's sample blood (serum).
 

CBC test

Complete blood count (CBC) - (CBC) test can help diagnose typhoid.

PCR

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) - ( PCR) test is very effective test for detecting typhoid bacteria.



Typhoid fever treatment


 * Antibiotic is effective treatment for typhoid fever.

 *Ciprofloxacin (Cipro)

 * Azithromycin (Zithromax)

 * Chloramphenicol

 * Ceftriaxone

 * Ofloxacin


Natural treatment of typhoid

Giloy-heart-leaved moonseed (Tinospora cordifolia): Take two to three Giloy leaves with stems and grind them. Boil them in 500 ml of water. When there is 250 ml left, drink it.

Take 5 black grapes raisins take and take 7 fig and 2 gram hedge mustard, grind all there and eat.

Take natural treatment with allopathic medicine, natural treatment increases your recovery time and immunity power.


What to eat in typhoid

Eat vitamin iron or fiber rich food like papaya, lemon, orange, bananas, guavas, sapodilla,kiwi, pomegranate and green vegetables , note do not eat heavy food eat only lite food stomach can easily digestible.


Typhoid Vaccine

Vaccine are available typhoid fever.

2 vaccines are widely available typhoid fever, Ty21a (oral) and Vi polysaccharide (parenteral).


Typhoid Mary


Who was Mary Mallon why people called typhoid mary?

Mary mallon was a cook. She was born September 23, 1869 Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland and died November 11, 1938 (aged 69) North Brother Island, New York, U.S. she was an asymptomatic carrier who infected her patrons.she was carrier of Salmonella typhi bacteria, her nickname of “Typhoid Mary” had become synonymous with the spread of disease, as many were infected due to her denial of being ill.



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