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INFECTIOUS DISEASES: TYPHOID FEVER

Author: admin
12 24th, 2010
An acute infectious disease caused by a germ. The germ can be found in the blood of a person sick with the disease. It can be passed from the bowels and contaminate the hands or food of other persons, and thus infect them. It can be spread by contaminated food and clothing, by water and milk which contain germs. The doctor who examines the patient with typhoid fever makes his diagnosis from the history of the case, the nature of the symptoms, and by careful studies of the blood using a test called the Widal test. People with typhoid fever are treated as those with other infectious diseases, but particular care is given to disinfecting their excretions.
Typhoid is prevented by the use of a vaccine against typhoid, by making sure that food is not contaminated and by detecting and isolating people who carry the germs of typhoid and excrete them. Persistent attention to water supply, to disposal of sewage, pasteurization of milk, education of the public in hygiene, and control of typhoid carriers have practically eliminated this disease. Many medical students never get to see a case.
Antibiotic drugs, particularly chloramphenicol or chloromycetin, have been found effective against typhoid. The disease is no longer the menace that it once was.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES: TYPHOID FEVERAn acute infectious disease caused by a germ. The germ can be found in the blood of a person sick with the disease. It can be passed from the bowels and contaminate the hands or food of other persons, and thus infect them. It can be spread by contaminated food and clothing, by water and milk which contain germs. The doctor who examines the patient with typhoid fever makes his diagnosis from the history of the case, the nature of the symptoms, and by careful studies of the blood using a test called the Widal test. People with typhoid fever are treated as those with other infectious diseases, but particular care is given to disinfecting their excretions.Typhoid is prevented by the use of a vaccine against typhoid, by making sure that food is not contaminated and by detecting and isolating people who carry the germs of typhoid and excrete them. Persistent attention to water supply, to disposal of sewage, pasteurization of milk, education of the public in hygiene, and control of typhoid carriers have practically eliminated this disease. Many medical students never get to see a case.Antibiotic drugs, particularly chloramphenicol or chloromycetin, have been found effective against typhoid. The disease is no longer the menace that it once was.*37/318/5*



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