Is one of the epidemic diseases in the world and caused by a certain type of bacteria called (Salmonella Taifi) by eating foods and beverages contaminated with these bacteria, where the bacteria invade the liver and spleen and the lymphatic system and gallbladder
The disease begins in several stages depending on the weeks. In the first week, the symptoms and symptoms of the disease begin to develop. The symptoms of the disease, such as pain and joint pain, are accompanied by headaches, loss, appetite and chills, and the temperature begins to rise gradually in the so- , Where it reaches 40 degrees Celsius by the end of the first week, and accompanied by the heat slowdown in heart muscle strikes, and also suffers from abdominal pain in the patient this week.
In the second week, the temperature remains constant, and the heart beat remains at a slower temperature. As the temperature increases, the heart beats. However, typhoid fever does not increase the heartbeat, which is called the relative slowdown. Abdominal pain, a rash can occur but soon disappears.
The signs that appear in the clinical examination in the second week, most importantly a slight enlargement of the liver and spleen, as well as increased pain in the abdomen when the doctor to contact the patient’s abdomen.
At the beginning of the third week and in the case of leaving the patient without treatment begins his dissatisfaction, where the patient suffers from dehydration and paralysis and loss of consciousness and sometimes coma, and becomes a patient suffering from diarrhea at this stage, and in some cases may be suffering from severe intestinal bleeding with Intestinal perforation occurs.
In the fourth week, the patient begins to gradually improve, and some studies show that 30% of patients in developing countries die, and 10% of the animals suffer from reactive bacteria and recurrence of the disease in the future, compared to 1-2% in the United States.
After recovery from the disease, 5-10% of the patients carry the bacteria and are called carriers of the disease in the recovery period and remain carriers of bacteria for several months, while 1-4% of patients carry bacteria in a chronic manner, and usually the secretion of bacteria from the bile plexus in the yellow juice and then in Digestive system then stool.
Typhoid disease is an epidemic disease, transmitted by bacteria, and the way it is transmitted through food and water contaminated with the bacteria. The most important test is to diagnose bone marrow transplantation, but the hospital test is the Vidal test, the treatment of which is through antibiotics, A way to prevent it is by washing hands.