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Typhoid fever: Causes, Symptoms, And Treatment<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Typhoid fever<\/strong> is an infectious disease (1<\/a>) that can be dangerous if left untreated (2<\/a>). The trigger is a certain type of bacteria, (4<\/a>) namely salmonella (3<\/a>). A distinction is made between abdominal typhoid fever (typhus abdominalis) and the typhoid-like disease (paratyphoid fever) – (5<\/a>) it is the attenuated form (4<\/a>). Typhus is treated with antibiotics (6<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Read more about the symptoms and treatment<\/a> of typhoid fever here below The ICD codes for this condition are A01, <\/span>A75, and <\/span>Z27<\/span><\/p>\n

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Description<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The word typhoid comes from the Greek: typhos means ‘haze’, ‘fog’, ‘vertigo’. This refers to the neurological typhoid symptoms that a patient may develop.<\/p>\n

Typhoid fever is a severe diarrhoea caused by bacteria (Salmonella typhi). Doctors distinguish between abdominal typhoid fever (typhoid abdominalis) and typhoid-like disease (paratyphoid fever). Every year around 22 million people worldwide contract typhoid fever – the number of deaths is estimated at 200,000 per year. Children between the ages of five and twelve are most frequently affected. For paratyphoid fever, it is assumed that 5.5 million cases of the disease occur every year.<\/p>\n

Although the disease occurs worldwide, it is mainly spread in developing countries where poor hygienic conditions prevail. Africa, north of South America and Southeast Asia are known to have particularly high rates of disease and repeated outbreaks and epidemics.<\/p>\n

If there are cases of typhoid fever in the United States or the European Union, the disease is mainly introduced by travellers coming from tropical countries. The highest risk of infection<\/a> is in India and Pakistan. Typhus is a notifiable disease.<\/p>\n

There is a typhoid fever vaccination, which can be used to prevent the infection when travelling abroad.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Symptoms Of Typhoid Fever<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The following symptoms may occur in abdominal typhoid and paratyphoid if the disease<\/a> is left untreated:<\/p>\n

Typhoid fever (Typhoid abdominalis)<\/h3>\n