Typhoid Fever

Typhoid fever - symptoms, Causes, and treatment

Fever of Typhoid

Typhoid fever is a bacterial disease caused by Salmonella typhi. Although it is negligible in industrialized countries, typhoid fever remains a major risk in some developing countries. Every year, around 21 million cases of typhoid fever occur worldwide and 220,000 deaths occur.

Symptoms of Typhoid

Symptoms of typhoid fever are seen in mild to severe fever and often appear one to three weeks after exposure to the bacteria. Symptoms include fever, headache, nausea, constipation or diarrhea, loss of appetite, and pink colored rashes on the body.

Symptoms of typhoid fever are similar to those of other common gastrointestinal diseases. Salmonella typhi is examined in a person's blood or feces to determine whether a person is sick with typhoid.

Spreading

Typhoid fever spreads from person to person through contaminated food and water. It is spread through the estuaries-mouth route, that is, contaminated estuaries (and sometimes urine) enter the reservoirs or food supplies, which may later pass through the mouths of others into the stomach and become infected. do. s. Typhi lives only in humans; This bacterium does not live in animals.

Treatment and care

Typhoid fever is usually found in densely populated areas where waterborne contamination is more likely. With improved water sanitation methods and appropriate collection and handling of food and water Helps in preventing the spread of typhi.

Antibiotics are the only effective treatment for typhoid fever. Most patients improve after antibiotic treatment, especially if the disease is detected at an early stage.

Complications

Typhoid fever can cause intestinal bleeding and perforation. This may cause severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and sepsis (sepsis). Surgery may be needed to repair intestinal damage.

Less common complications arise are inflammation of the heart muscle, inflammation of the lining of the heart and valves, pneumonia, inflammation of the pancreas, meningitis, kidney or bladder infection and scarring.

Available vaccines

Ty21a is a living, debilitated vaccine given as an oral capsule. Within the first two years of vaccination, the vaccine is moderately effective in disease prevention. Three years after the initial vaccination, the vaccine does not provide any protection. The minimum age for this vaccine is more than 5 years of age.

Vi Capacular Polysaccharide (ViCPS) is an injected subunit vaccine. This vaccine is recommended for children 2 years of age or older.

Home remedies

1. Drinking the juice of basil and sunflower leaves provides relief in typhoid.

2. Garlic effect is hot and is a natural antibiotic. Fry grated 5 to 7 garlic buds in ghee and eat rock            salt.

3. Drink apple juice after adding ginger juice to it, it provides relief in all types of fever.

4. Grind ripe banana and mix it with one spoon of honey and eat it twice a day.

5. Cloves have typhoid healing properties. Clove oil has antibacterial properties. Boil 5 to 7 cloves in      eight cups of water. When the water remains half, filter it. Drink this water all day. Do this                  treatment continuously for one week.