Typhoid fever Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
This is about the disease typhoid fever. See typhus for an unrelated disease that because of its similar name is often confused with it.Typhoid Fever is an illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi. It is very common worldwide, and is transmitted by food or water contaminated with feces from an infected person, as typhoid fever is carried in the bloodstream and in the intestinal tract of an infected person. After infection, symptoms include a high fever from 103° to 104°F (39° to 40°C). Weakness, headaches, lack of appetite, severe diarrhea, and stomach pains are common. Typhoid symptoms may include a rash of flat, rose-colored spots. Typhoid fever can be fatal. Extreme symptoms such as intestinal perforation, delusions, and confusion also are possible. Antibiotics, such as ampicillin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and ciprofloxacin are commonly used in treating typhoid fever.
A person may become a carrier of typhoid fever, suffering no symptoms, but capable of infecting others. In 1907, Mary Mallon ("Typhoid Mary") became the first American carrier to be identified and traced. According to the Centers for Disease Control approximately 5% people who contract typhoid continue to carry the disease after they recover.
When untreated, typhoid fever persists for three weeks to a month. Death occurs in between 10% and 30% of cases.
Typhoid fever has claimed the lives of several famous people, including Franz Schubert, Wilbur Wright, Leland Stanford, Jr, and the British prince consort Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
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