Question 1

typhoid fever for 3 years, still positive and puss is coming from stools. what should i do?

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Seek a specialist: I would recommend that you seek a consultation with an infectious disease specialist who has experience treating this disorder.

Question 2

how the typhoid fever will cure?

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Typhoid fever: Typhoid fever is treated with antibiotics which kill the salmonella bacteria.

Question 3

what's the initial symptoms of typhoid fever?

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Multiple: A gradual step-wise increase in fevers, often to as high as 105+, constipation, lassitude, malaise, shaking chills.

Question 4

how harmful for your health is typhoid fever?

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Quite curable: The symptoms can be mild or severe and include increasing high fever, headache, abdominal pain, constipation or diarrhea, rose-colored spots on the trunk and an enlarged spleen and liver. With antibiotic treatment, the death rate is less than 1% so the key is to recognizing it before it possibly becomes deadly.  Less than 5% of people become carriers and can pass it on chronically.

Question 5

what medicine is used to clear typhoid fever?

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Antibiotics/cipro: To treat and cure typhoid fever you need to be given antibiotics, like Cipro (ciprofloxacin) iv, but in pregnant women you can use ceftriaxone.
Beside that supportive therapy IV fluids etc.

Question 6

could you tell me what are the symptoms of typhoid fever?

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Typhoid: Persons with typhoid fever usually have a sustained fever as high as 103° to 104° F (39° to 40° C). They may also feel weak, or have stomach pains, headache, or loss of appetite. In some cases, patients have a rash of flat, rose-colored spots. The only way to know for sure if an illness is typhoid fever is to have samples of stool or blood tested for the presence of Salmonella Typhi.

Question 7

typhoid fever are increase esr? why?

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Many infections : Increase esr.

Question 8

what types of doctors treats typhoid fever?

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Anybody: Any competent doctor can treat typhoid fever, but since not many doctors in the usa have seen this disease it may be best to have an infectious diseases expert involved in its management.

Question 9

what's the scientific name for typhoid fever?

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Typhoid fever: Is the name of the disease.  It is caused by salmonella typhi, actually salmonella enterica serotype typhi.  The name means typhus-like.  The word typhus comes from the greek for cloudy, referring to the altered mental status that can occur, so-called coma vigil.

Question 10

best treatment of typhoid fever?

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Cipro/Levaquin: The strain of salmonella typhi needs to be tested for antibiotic sensitivity.  For uncomplicated typhoid fever with a sensitive strain the best treatment is oral Cipro (ciprofloxacin) or levaquin.  Alternatives are amoxicillin, septra or azithromycin. Quinolone risistant strains are best treated with Azithromycin or IV ceftriaxone.

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