Yesterday, I visited one of my friends in the hospital because she is suffering from dengue and typhoid fever. She said, she has a fever for two days then after the fever subsides, there is a nose bleed, abdominal pain and black stool. Her parents brought her to the hospital and diagnosed typhoid fever. They [...]
It is recommended for those who travel in unsanitary areas where careless disposal of feces and urine contaminates food, milk and water supplies to have a typhoid vaccine or immunization. Oral typhoid vaccine and a single-doze injectable vaccine are available. The oral vaccine is a four capsule to be taken every other day. These capsules [...]
Typhoid fever or enteric fever is an acute and highly communicable disease caused by an organism Salmonella typhosa. Typhoid fever is common in tropical areas where careless disposal of feces and urine contaminates food, milk, and water supplies. The typhoid bacilli do their damage to the mucosa of the small intestines. They enter via the [...]
