Question 1

is there any difference between typhoid and typhus?

Accepted Answer

Yup.: In the pre-modern era, they were difficult to tell apart.  Typhoid is of course typhus-like and sometimes it is still called abdominal typhus.  The typhoid bacillus can be isolated in a blood culture (negative in typhus) and the widal test is positive (negative in typhus). Epidemic typhus is uncommon today and is spread by the body louse.

Question 2

what disease is like typhus?

Accepted Answer

Typhoid: Typhoid is called that because it is typhus-like, given that name before the modern era of microbiology.  There are milder "typhus" diseases including scrub typhus and murine typhus that are caused by different rickettsia.  There is also recrudescent typhus, called brill-zinsser disease, a rarely reported disease from latent organisms, often decades after typhus.

Question 3

i have typhoid . what to do?

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Seek medical care: If you haven't already done so. I suspect you were looking for more info than this. Please clarify and re-ask.

Question 4

what are the complications of typhoid?

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Fever & GI bleeding: Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers are caused by bacteria.  If infected you may have high fevers (which can last a month), headache, diarrhea, intestinal bleeding, and dehydration. Some develop a chronic carrier state-- persitent infection without symptoms. Rarely  a hole can develop in the intestines which can be life-threatening. Treatement of typhoid fever involves hospitialization and antibiotics.

Question 5

what are the chances of getting typhoid in the us?

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Uncommon: But quite possible.  The organism is present, but in most instances the water purification systems prevent widespread transmission, and with a low incidence of fecal carriage, acquiring it here is unusual.  Travelers to third world countries may be at significant risk.

Question 6

does typhoid spread by kissing?

Accepted Answer

Not so likely.: Salmonella organisms are shed in stool.  Eating contaminated food or water is the usual way typhoid and other salmonella infections are spread.

Question 7

typhoid transmitted by oral sex?

Accepted Answer

Typhoid: Salmonella typhi requires a high number of organisms to cause disease and is usually transmitted by the fecal oral route by grossly contaminated food or water. If you are doing oral sex on a penis that is not clean or immediately following anal sex without washing it is conceivable that transmission could occur, but this is not very probable.

Question 8

is typhoid contacted through sex?

Accepted Answer

Yes and no: In general typhoid is transmitted through ingestion of a contaminated water or food product, not sexually.  Always remember never say always or never.

Question 9

can you get typhoid from kissing?

Accepted Answer

No, not usually: Typhoid fever (Salmonella typhi) is from the stool (poop) of infected people and is not in the saliva. However, if an infected person accidentally transferred traces of poop from his hands to his face (due to poor handwashing habits), and then he got kissed by an uninfected person, the uninfected person could swallow enough salmonella typhi bacteria to contract typhoid fever.

Question 10

how can you avoid getting typhoid?

Accepted Answer

Clean water and cock: Clean water and eating cocked food.

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