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Typhoid Fever

Typhoid Fever. By: Jenae Barsh. Description. Typhoid Fever is life-threatening illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella T yphi. It is commonly found in the developing countries where it affects about 21.5 million people each year. . Transmission.

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Typhoid Fever

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  1. Typhoid Fever By: Jenae Barsh

  2. Description • Typhoid Fever is life-threatening illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi. • It is commonly found in the developing countries where it affects about 21.5 million people each year.

  3. Transmission • You can get Typhoid Fever if you eat food or drinks handled by a person who is shedding Salmonella Typhi or in sewage contaminated with it, such as drinking water. • Once Salmonella Typhibacteria have been eaten or ingested by drinking, they multiply and spread into the bloodstream.

  4. Symptoms • Sustained fever as high as 103-104 degrees • Stomach pains • Rash of flat, rose colored spots • Feel weak • Headache • Loss of appetite

  5. Risk Factors • Worldwide, children are at greater risk of getting the disease, although they generally have milder symptoms than adults do. • Risk are higher if you live in a country where Typhoid is rare and travel to places where it is endemic. • Weakened immune system

  6. Testing & Treatment • The only way to know for sure is to have samples of stool or blood tested for the presence of Salmonella Typhi. • Three commonly prescribed antibiotics are ampicillin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazote, and ciprofloxacin. • Given the antibiotics patients usually begin to feel better within 2 to 3 days and deaths rarely occur. But in those w/o treatment it can continue for many weeks or months.

  7. Prevention • Vaccinations – there are two types of vaccinations • 1.) A shot that contains killed Salmonella Typhi • 2.) A vaccine taken by mouth containing live but weakened strain of the bacteria

  8. Current Statistics • The number of cases are higher in Africa, Asia(especially Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent), and Central and South America.

  9. Affects • Developed nations- not many effects only contracted from traveling to countries with the disease • Developing nations- more common because of poor water treatment and open sewage not a lot of sanitations precautions.

  10. sources • www.cdc.gov • www.nih.gov • www.mayoclinic.com • www.virtualmedicalcentre.com

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