Question: I got the blood test and typhoid was detected. Two years before same problem occurred and this is the third time that I am facing the same problem. Can you explain this?
Answer:
Typhoid is a highly infectious disease and is notorious for its habit to become chronic and recurrent. Thus, it is extremely crucial to check the progress and propagation of the disease and eliminate it from the very roots.
Nutritive measures are the most significant, vital and the only way of bringing about a lasting cure for typhoid.
Preventing of Typhoid:
- Drink nothing other than boiled and properly filtered water.
- Keep yourself well hydrated to prevent typhoid.
- Avoid consuming raw foods.
- Stay away from outside food.
- Wash hands and feet frequently and thoroughly, with a soap, particularly, after you return from out.
- Weakness results from inadequate rest and sleep. Rest as much as possible. Your body needs to recover.
Typhoid Precaution:
- Avoid popping too many analgesics and anti-pyretics like crocin.
Diet Treatment for Typhoid:
- Carrot soup is highly beneficial for gastro-intestinal disorders. It calms and soothes inflamed and irritated bowels. Drink 1 bowl of carrot soup everyday just before your meals.
- To combat fatigue, consume 10 raisins daily. Soak them overnight in a little water and eat them, the next day.
- Avoid stimulating food stuffs – spicy food, tea, coffee, soft drinks, and alcohol to prevent typhoid.
- To treat typhoid, consume rice gruel as it is soft, easily digested and rich in nutrients.
Question: Can a typhoid patient take bath in hot or cold water?
Typhoid Prevention:
* The temperature of water used for bath tends to affect the internal environment of the body. Normally the internal environment of the body (called homeostasis) comprises of several systems that work in synergy to ensure the internal temperature, fluids composition, oxygen saturation, sugar levels of blood, etc inside the body are maintained at optimal levels for normal functioning. Febrile conditions (like typhoid fever) tend to disrupt the internal mechanisms of the body and rise the temperature.
* Baths have some form of remedial effects.
* Regular cold baths reduce the tendency of a person to catch cold.
* They are also prescribed among people with febrile condition, especially typhoid fever to control body temperature.
* A cold bath stimulates the skin, which causes a temporary rise in body temperature. However, subsequently due to reduce loss of heat by radiation, the internal production of heat reduces. This results in fall of body temperature.
* This fall is quick and continues for the time the patient is in the bath.
* Warm baths also have cleansing effects on the internal system, but not used in febrile conditions. They tend to liquefy fatty secretions (usually during congestive infection of the upper and lower respiratory tract). Hot bath is usually recommended in renal or biliary colic and rheumatoid arthritis.
Question: My son had fever since 15 days, first seven days he was put on oflax200mg and then wanted him to be without drugs for another two days, after which the blood tests revealed mild typhoid after Vidal test. Now put on toximo 200 mg. But it is over 15 days since he is at bed and he is 25 years. He gets fever in the late afternoon starts with 100 degree and goes up to 101 and sometimes to 103.
All other tests conducted on the person, for jaundice, chickengunya, swine flu, are negative. Doctor advised to wait for another two days and then wants to start giving intravenous fluid and also antibiotics. Please advice whether the line of treatment followed is OK. or there is anything wrong, or the treatment is delayed already and needs to be further strengthened immediately.
Answer:
Typhoid Fever Cure
Typhoid fever also referred to as enteric fever is caused by Salmonella typhi (gram negative bacteria). It is common throughout the world and is transmitted through the feco-oral route i.
e. by ingestion of food or water that is contaminated by feces of an infected person. Typhoid is accompanied with high fever, headache, abdominal pain, profuse and watery/ mucus diarrhea and weakness.
Care For Typhoid Fever
- Drink lots of water. Mix one pinch of salt, two drops of lemon and 1 teaspoon of sugar in one litre of water. You may use ORS solution packets readily available across the counter.
- Boil lemon grass in water for little over 20 minutes and drink at least twice a day.
- Get vaccinated against typhoid fever. It provides you immunity for a period of about 3 to 5 years.
Home Remedies For Typhoid Fever
- Echinacea is a potent and effective herb for treating bacterial diseases. It is also called purple coneflower or American coneflower. Take dried and powered roots of Echinacea and boil them in a cup of water for about 10 mins. Strain it and drink it at least thrice a day.
- Ginger lily is also an alternative, which can be used. It is also referred to as white butterfly ginger lily or garland flower. Take some fresh roots and prepare a paste. Boil 1 tsp of this paste with a cup of water for about 10 min. Then strain, cool and consume.
Question: We’ve just came back from turkey where my 9 yr old daughter was ill on and off for a few days with sickness and diarrhea. For few days she had no energy and tonight her back got rashes with white spots. But rashes are gone but there are red itchy spots. What remedies should I follow?
Answer:
The symptoms that you have provided me with could correspond to typhoid. But, they aren’t definitive.
The easiest way to ascertain the cause is by doing a WIDAL test. It is diagnostic for typhoid.
Dietary and hygiene measures are the most vital and only way of affecting permanent cure for typhoid.
Beware!
* Drink boiled or filtered water
* Keep yourself hydrated. Drink plenty of water and other fluids to combat loss through diarrhoea.
* Avoid raw foods. Consume only hot food.
* Avoid outside food.
* Hygiene is very important so make sure you keep your hands and feet clean.
* Rest as much as possible. Your body needs to recover.
Home cure for Typhoid:
* Carrot soup stops diarrhea instantaneously, because it calms and soothes the bowels.
* Eat 5 basil leaves daily for 1 week. It has a preventive as well as a curative effect.
* To battle fatigue, consume 10 raisins daily. Soak them overnight in water and have them the next day.
* Avoid stimulants – tea, coffee, spicy foods, aerated drinks, alcohol.
* For stomach disorders coconut water acts as the best natural remedy.
* Rice gruel will help considerably. It is easy to digest, soft, and is very nutritive.
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My 10 months old son is suffering from typhoid since 1 week.His temperature rises to 103-104 and he keeps lying with his head on me.His eyes starts watering. I just can’t see him in that condition any more.please help me out
I am suffering from typhoid since two years. I have taken cipro drip and pills yet no result. I need a proper medicine. The symptoms I usually feel are: five minutes low pressure, headache, and bad thoughts.
In my case, I did not have high fever. It was always mild 99 or normal. I had shoulder paid and difficulty in moving my right hand. Felt very weak. Doctor first put me on physiotherapy. The pain increased. I told the doctor voluntarily to do Vidal test. It turned typhoid +. H160, O80 I do not know that these values are. Doctor wanted me to be admitted. I told I can manage and rode my scooter home. Taking prescribed medicine. Feeling better after 5 days. Yet feeling weak. Difference is, No fever, Normal bowel habits, normal hunger, normal sleep. Just body paid at right shoulder joint and feeling very weak. Wonder if it really typhoid. Almost forget to tell most important thing. I took ice cream from local store. While tasting itself I could feel it was contaminated. Regret, consumed it in full.
I felt very weak and then I went to the doctor. After I explain my symptoms I did widal test which was this 1/20 and 1/80. Then typhoid was confirmed. I feel weak headache pain in lower abdomen pain in the joints. Dizzy no fever no diarrhea. I sleep and eat normal.
Symptoms of typhoid which I had
- Weakness
- Body pains will feel most in the evening
- Metallic taste in the mouth – Very uneasy
- Stomach ache and feel like going to washroom
- All this starts with vomiting and then lead to motions
- severe headache and high fever after 10 PM
How to act:
- Go to good doctor and get the blood test if you feel the above symptoms.
- Typhoid will be confirmed.
- He will prescribe some injections and take it immediately
- if you are too week, he will give you RL
- then take the full course of medicines without miss
- take barley milk, milk and semi solid food
- Take good rest for at least a week.
- You will be fine.
- Have a speedy recovery.
My father have been suffering from Typhoid, diagnosed a week ago. About 10 day before that he had viral fever followed by mouth ulcer that lead to throat infection. Due to the throat infection and Typhoid he is now unable to take solid food items. Please let me know how long this typhoid fever treatment is to be continued.
I was suffering from indigestion, stomach pain, head ache, Leg joint and back pain and weakness. I had fever and sweating at times, mostly during night. I had these problems for over a month, and doctor suggested WIDAL test, which was positive (O : 1:40 dil). He prescribed medication for 15 days. Now I am feeling better but have not fully recovered. I am taking light food, juices and fruits and lots of rest. Normally how much time will it take for complete recovery?
I feel very weak after taking lunch and dinner and after about one and half hour my full body gets tired and I feel feverish. I have to take full rest after every meal. How can I recover from this problem? Do I need to go for treatment of typhoid fever?
For last 3 days I am suffering from the following symptoms: Severe headache and continuous vomiting. Fever remains between 101 and 103 degree but not always and there is shivering in the morning and sweating at night. I also feel weakness, nausea and acidity. Can these be symptoms of malaria or typhoid or jaundice?
How does typhoid spread?
Typhoid spreads from human to human mainly through water and food. Hence, good hygiene and sanitary conditions are essential to prevent typhoid infection and spread. Typhoid fever is caused due to a bacteria. when passing through the bowel, the bacteria may penetrate the intestinal lining and latch on to the internal tissue. The bacteria and multiplies and gets into the blood stream.
I have recurring typhoid since October, 2011 – Widal tested twice and it is positive. I was given different types of antibiotics. With these medications, it reduces, but when I’m off them, it comes back, especially the body aches.
Constipation also is a menace, which is resulting in Hemorrhoids. I have not tried Cefixime, as the doctor has not prescribed it, and in any case it’s hard to find here in Zambia. How effective is it?
There’s being frequent outbreaks of typhoid recently here, in various towns.
It is always necessary to consult your doctor before starting an antibiotic. Drink only boiled water and cooked food. Also insist on eating freshly prepared food. These precautions are important when there is outbreak of typhoid. Eat vegetables and fruits as the digestive tract will be able to digest this food easily. Secondly it will also help in relieving constipation. Mash 2 ripe bananas and mix 1 teaspoon of honey in it. Eat it two times in a day regularly. It helps in controlling fever and body ache.