Dr Pete's Health Secrets

     Typhoid is a life-threatening infection that is caused by Salmonella typhi bacteria. A less severe form of typhoid can be caused by the Salmonella paratyphi bacteria.  Usually, a person contracts typhoid by drinking or consuming contaminated food and water. However, you can also get the infection by coming into close contact with an infected person.  Symptoms of typhoid fever include pain in the abdomen, diarrhoea or constipation, headache, and high-grade fever. A majority of infected people starts feeling better once they are put on antibiotics. However, some people succumb to the infection due to associated complications. Signs and Symptoms of Typhoid Signs of typhoid tend to develop gradually. A person exposed to the disease usually manifests the symptoms one to three weeks after the exposure. The early symptoms of typhoid include: • Fever, which initially starts low and increases every day • Headache • Muscle aches • Weakn...

          Typhoid fever is a life-threatening infection that is caused by Salmonella typhi bacteria .  A less severe form of typhoid can be caused by the Salmonella paratyphi bacteria. They are collectively referred to as Enteric fevers. Travellers especially backpackers , volunteers to community projects , solo travellers, YouTubers and all those adventuring off the beaten track to exotic parts of the world in Asia, Africa and South America , need to have a high index of suspicion.  Usually, a person contracts typhoid by drinking or consuming contaminated food and water.  However, you can also get the infection by coming into close contact with an infected person.  Sadly,  typhoid though endemic in the Tropics and sub-tropical regions of the world, is now being overdiagnosed with many cases of fever labelled as ' Malaria and Thyphoid '. Symptoms of typhoid fever include pain in the abdomen, diarrhoea or constipation, heada...