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Chad Davidson

Scientists unlock evolution of cholera | McMaster Daily News - 0 views

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Cholera Disease History Dailynews Intestine

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  • Chad Davidson on 21 Apr 14
     
    A news article about scientists using an intestine from an 1849 Cholera outbreak to study how cholera has evolved.
Keaton Fielden

typhoid fever | Search | Discovery Education - 0 views

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typhoid fever discovery

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  • This induces the first symptoms, such as chills, high fever, and prostration. Victims may also experience headache, cough, vomiting, and diarrhea.
  • Some patients develop a rash of small red spots (“rose spots“), typically on the abdomen and chest.
  • The disease spontaneously subsides after several weeks in most instances, but in about 20 percent of untreated cases the disease progresses to pneumonia, intestinal hemorrhage, and even death.
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      Keaton Fielden on 17 Apr 14
       
      how you can die from typhoid
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    Symptoms and Treatments 
michael huddleston

Typhoid fever: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Typhoid fever is an infection that causes diarrhea and a rash. It is most commonly due to a type of bacterium called Salmonella typhi
  • you eat or drink something
  • S. typhi is spread through contaminated food, drink, or water.
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  • acteria enter your body
  • travel into your intestines
  • then into your blood
  • bacteria travel through the blood to your lymph nodes, gallbladder, liver, spleen, and other parts of the body
  • Some persons become carriers
  • continue to release the bacteria in their stools for years, spreading the disease.
  • Typhoid fever is common in developing countries.
  • Fewer than 400 cases are reported in the U.S. each year. Most cases in the U.S. are brought in from other countries where typhoid fever is common.
  • High fever (103°F, or 39.5°C) or higher and severe diarrhea occur as the disease gets worse.
  • and abdominal pain.
  • Early symptoms include fever,
  • Some people with typhoid fever develop a rash called "rose spots," which are small red spots on the abdomen and chest.
  • Abdominal tendernessAgitationBloody stoolsChillsConfusionDifficulty paying attention (attention deficit)DeliriumFluctuating moodHallucinationsNosebleedsSevere fatigueSlow, sluggish, lethargic feelingWeakness
  • Symptoms usually improve in 2 to 4 weeks with treatment. The outcome is likely to be good with early treatment, but becomes poor if complications develop.
  • Prevention
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    A medical encyclopedia
andrew avila

typhoid fever definition - Google Search - 1 views

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typhoid fever definition

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  • an infectious bacterial fever with an eruption of red spots on the chest and abdomen and severe intestinal irritation.
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    the definition of typhoid
michael huddleston

typhoid fever (disease) -- Encyclopedia Britannica - 0 views

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  • typhoid fever, also called typhoid,  acute infectious disease caused by a specific serotype of the bacterium Salmonella typhi.
  • The bacterium usually enters the body through the mouth by the ingestion of contaminated food or water, penetrates the intestinal wall, and multiplies in lymphoid tissue; it first enters into the bloodstream within 24 to 72 hours, causing septicemia (blood poisoning) and systemic infection. After an average 10–14-day incubation peri
  • od, the early symptoms of typhoid appear: headache, malaise, generalized aching, fever, and restlessness that may interfere with sleep. There may be loss of appetite, nosebleeds, cough, and diarrhea or constipation. Persistent fever develops and gradually rises, usually in a stepwise fashion, reaching a peak of 39 or 40 °C (103 or 104 °F) after 7–10 days and continuing with only slight morning remissions for another 10–14 days.
michael huddleston

Typhoid fever - 2 views

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  • DefinitionTyphoid fever is an infection that causes diarrhea and a rash -- most commonly due to a type of bacteria called Salmonella typhi (S. typhi).
  • Alternative NamesEnteric fever
  • Causes, incidence, and risk factorsThe bacteria that cause typhoid fever -- S. typhi -- spread through contaminated food, drink, or water. If you eat or drink something that is contaminated, the bacteria enter your body. They travel into your intestines, and then into your bloodstream, where they can get to your lymph nodes, gallbladder, liver, spleen, and other parts of your body.
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  • A few people can become carriers of S. typhi and continue to release the bacteria in their stools for years, spreading the disease.Typhoid fever is common in developing countries, but fewer than 400 cases are reported in the U.S. each year. Most cases in the U.S. are brought in from other countries where typhoid fever is common.
  • eeemmmiillyy on 21 Apr 14
     
    Gives the definition of typhoid fever along with facts
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typhoid fever -- Britannica School - 0 views

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  • The typhoid bacilli incubate for one to three weeks in the carrier and pass from the stomach and intestines to the bloodstream, traveling to the spleen, liver, and gallbladder.
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  • Typhoid epidemics are common in developing countries, but fewer than 600 cases occur annually in the United States.
  • Typhoid fever is diagnosed by growing a culture of typhoid bacteria from samples of blood, feces, or urine, or by testing the blood for typhoid antibodies.
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  • The early symptoms are fever, headache, weakness, appetite loss, a tender abdomen, constipation, and confusion.
  • Keaton Fielden on 17 Apr 14
     
    typhoid fever facts
  • eeemmmiillyy on 18 Apr 14
     
    It is very helpful. It has facts about Typhoid Fever.
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    typhoid fever facts
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