Symptoms of Typhoid Fever, Cure, Causes, Treatment of Typhoid
Typhoid Fever is characterized by typical course of temperature and ulceration of the bowels. The fever is of uncertain duration and is infectious.
Symptoms of Typhoid Fever
- The patient feels weak, chilly and tired.
- Headache, backache, diarrhea, constipation, loss of appetite are other symptoms.
- Temperature rises and remains high for about 10-14 days.
- It rises in the evening and falls in the morning.
- Skin eruptions appear, tongue becomes dry and gets coated in the central region with white patches and inflammation of the bone occurs.
- Fever comes down gradually by end of fourth week.
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Causes of Typhoid Fever
- Poor sanitation, contaminated water and infected milk is main factors responsible for developing typhoid.
- Flies contaminate the food with germs and people carrying the germs can also spread the disease if they prepare or serve food.
- Wrong dietary habits and faulty style of living lead to accumulation of toxic waste in the body and promotes typhoid fever.
- It is common in people who eat more meat and fleshy foods.
Natural remedies for Typhoid Fever
- Complete bed rest is essential.
- Patient should be kept on a liquid diet of orange, barley juice and milk. Orange juice especially hastens recovery as it increases energy, promotes body resistance and increases urinary output. Administer warm water enema regularly.
- Apply cold compress to head if temperature rises above 103 degree Fahrenheit. Or wrap the body and legs twice with a sheet wrung in cold water and then cover it with a warm material. The pack should be kept for an hour and renewed after every 3 hours. Hot water bottles may be applied to the sides of the body and feet.
- Fresh fruits and easily digestible foods can be given after temperature comes down to normal.
- Plain water or unsweetened lemon water can be used for drinking.
- Gradually start a well-balanced diet.
Prevention of Typhoid Fever
Implementation of anti-fly measures, proper disposal of sewage, boiling or thorough purification of drinking water and pasteurization of milk are some of the preventive measures.
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I am suffering for the last one week:
1. red spots on face.
2. illness.
3. weakness.
4. dry tongue.
5. decrease in blood.
I have been battling with this disease for over a decade now. I will fall sick and doctors will always tell me I have Malaria and Typhoid, sometimes separately. My symptoms are always sever and quite recently taking a bad pattern.
My symptoms starts with headache, fever, body ache,internal hotness of the body, loss of appetite, dizziness, uncomfortable stomach situation. Recently I was rushed to hospital in a terrible condition, my whole stomach contents was as if being tied with a rope, my breathing getting uneasy and as if my life was going out, terrible body ache, suddenly I vomited and got relieved. I have been having pains on my chest, just between my chest and if I take Antacid I got relief as well. Am hypertensive and on medications regularly, though I tried controlling my BP naturally I think it was not good enough.
Quite recently too I had a test and was told I am HBV positve, did an LFT test and was confirmed OK and conducting HE ag test.
What are your advices for me as to the nature of my ailments bearing in mind the terrible situations/symptoms and conditions I find myself- at least two times now.
i was suffering from this fever for 2 weeks with high temp (103-104) all the time….when i consulted doctor he advised me for blood test for typhoid and the report says
typhi.o :1:160
typhi.H :1:120
After seeing the report doc confirmed that i was suffering from typhoid… he gave me MONOCEF-O tablets which i took twice a day…
but the best was i was having only high temp all the time and no other symptoms like pain in the stomach…motions, vomiting, headache…..
I took complete bed rest for 4 weeks.
But i lost my weight about 3 kgs, Hair loss, Felt very tired all the time and was not able to walk.
But after about 1 month i could recover to some extent… i am a house wife need to do all the work…but now i am feeling ok ….
I recovered by eating fresh fruits and drinking fruit juices, avoiding oily food, junk food,
drinking properly filtered water…..
I m suffered from typhoid fever and my weight is reduced by 5 kg and I m feeling weak. Please give some guidelines to cure this disease.
The lab result i went for is +ve. i mean typhoid positive. For three weeks now I have being having severe back pains,stomach upset,headache most time one sided headache.hotness inside my body.loss of appetite, insomnia, pains at my back chest region,when it start,it will seem as if my liver will cut. I have done ulcer test but is -ve. I had hepatitis-B sometimes ago about 2005 I suffered it again on October 2008, now I did the test & it appears -ve(negative). I am 26yrs. I need your advice.
Nowadays, monocef injection 1 gm twice is given intravenously for typhoid. be careful. Injection is to be given very slowly otherwise it causes dizziness.
I am suffering from this fever. I took complete bed rest for 4 days. Initially there was lot of weakness, pain in the joints, headache. I was not able to sleep whole days & nights due to pain, was not able to eat either. Temperature runs so high that I feel like removing all clothes & sometimes I was shivering in the month of May. To counter loss of apatite I asked my wife to prepare sweets (prepared from concentrated milk with sugar) & that helped me a lot as it gave me enough power to fight acidity & digest the medicines.
In five days I recovered & my doctor issued me a fitness certificate to resume my duty.
Presently I am suffering from typhoid. I have very high fever and weakness. How can I cure my typhoid?
I am suffering from typhoid since last week but now my fever is getting stable and it has come to 99-100. So I want to know that as i am a student studying in 12th grade. And i need to attend all my school sessions, so please tell me till how much time I need bed rest and when i can attend my school - when can i get cured of this typhoid? Are there any home remedies your can suggest to treat typhoid.
I was having very high fever 102-103 for 5 days. After taking blood test i am diagnosed with typhoid. The doctor has told me that i will be given an injection morning and evening for 6 days and 14 days of antibiotics.
But surprisingly today I haven’t had any fever and headache, maybe just tiredness. Typhoid cant get cured on its own..can it?
How many days does typhoid need to be cured?
Hi: My mother is a diabetic patient. She is 65yrs old. Now she is suffering from jaundice & typhoid for the last 3 days. She is feeling very weak. What food & liquid can be given? What special precaution has to be taken? the local doctor is giving some injection twice a day.
I am suffering from typhoid from the last 3 years
This is third time i have tested positive for typhoid
40-80. My Doctor is giving me some tablets to take for around 10 days. Can i do exercises during my typhoid days. What special precautions do I need to take to get cured faster from typhoid?
I was suffering from typhoid but this typhoid was of other type. I mean I only have 99 c temp all the day. No one could imagine that I was suffering from typhoid as it was same with me. During the disease I had 99 c temperature. This had prolonged for two or three months. The main symptoms were dizziness and headache.
For quite some years, about 12 to be precise I have been suffering from typhoid persistently. I’ve tried all i could i don’t know what to do could u please help to prescribe drugs 4 me and other natural sources to prevent typhoid. I have been diagnosed with urinary tract infection. What measure should I take cure typhoid and treat my urinary tract infection (UTI)?