Typhoid Fever Symptoms
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 thought that it could be dengue since her platelet count was very low.
She is now taking antibiotic to treat typhoid but still have distended or bloated stomach. Her doctor advised her to have an ultrasound for further evaluation. And according to her ultrasound her gallbladder was swelling but her platelet count now is normal. She advised to take medicine to treat gallbladder swelling.
Typhoid fever is caused by Salmonella Typhi bacterium and Salmonella paratyphi. We must be familiarized of this disease since it can be life threatening if not detected in early stages. Symptoms of typhoid include fever, abdominal pain, abdominal tenderness bloody stools, nosebleed, chills, fatigue, loss of appetite, weakness, headache, and diarrhea.
Typhoid fever can be transmitted through ingestion of contaminated food and drinks or water. It is spread through open sewage and infected people with their urine and stool. For typhoid fever diagnosis, CBC (Complete Blood Count) and stool test and urine test for the presence of bacteria cause by typhoid fever. Treatment of typhoid fever is using antibiotic. These antibiotics should be taken based on the doctor prescription.
Complication of typhoid fever includes intestinal bleeding or perforation, inflammation of the heart muscle, kidney or bladder infection, pneumonia, inflammation of gallbladder and pancreas, infection and inflammation of the membranes and fluid surrounding brain and spinal cord and psychiatric problems such as delirium and hallucination.
November 18th, 2011 | Tags: typhoid fever | Category: Typhoid Fever
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