Typhoid+Fever.

=Typhoid Fever (Scientific Name as Salmonella Enterica)= By: Zena Yap 9.4

Typhoid Fever is a illness caused by bacteria named Salmonella typhi. It is a very common disease and it can only be carried in the human bloodstream and intestinal. It is also transmitted by food or water contaminated with the bacteria from an infected person.

When the bacteria is multiplying in the body of the infected person, it include a high fever from 103ºF to 104ºF (39ºC to 40ºC), and the temperature rises and remains high for about 10-14 days, it usually rises in the evening and falls in the morning. The patient will feels weak, chilly and tired, and also having headache, backache etc, and skin eruptions started to appear, tongue becomes dry and gets coated in the central region with white patches which causes oily taste in mouth. Fever can last for three weeks to a month when untreated, and death occurs in between 1 out of 9 cases and 1 out of 3 cases.

Treatment for Typhoid Fever: Consume water that is being boiled and filtered. Stay away from outside food Hands and feet should always be washed thoroughly after return from out Keep all food stuff in closed containers, away from contamination.

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