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Once the bacteria get into the body, they quickly multiply and spread into the bloodstream.
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The body responds with a high fever and other symptoms, usually a week or two after exposure to the bacteria (but sometimes later). Symptoms can be mild to severe and usually disappear 2 to 5 days after antibiotic treatment begins.
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Without treatment, typhoid fever may last a month or more and become very serious, even life-threatening.
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After recovering from typhoid fever, some people still can become carriers of the bacteria. This means that they'll have no symptoms, but do have the bacteria in their bodies and can pass it on to other people.
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How People Get It People usually get typhoid fever by drinking beverages or eating food that has been handled by someone who has typhoid fever or is a carrier of the illness. Those infected also can pass the disease onto others directly (for example, by touching them with unwashed hands). People also get the illness by drinking water that is contaminated by sewage that contains the S. Typhi bacteria. For these reasons, the disease is common in areas with poor sanitation and inadequate water treatment. It is also common in tropical and subtropical areas around the world, including Africa, Asia, and Latin America
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Typhoid fever is common in most parts of the world except in industrialized regions such as the United States, Canada, western Europe, Australia, and Japan.
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herefore, if you are traveling to the developing world, you should consider taking precautions. Over the past 10 years, travelers from the United States to Asia, Africa, and Latin America have been especially at risk.
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Two basic actions can protect you from typhoid fever: Avoid risky foods and drinks. Get vaccinated against typhoid fever.
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English bacteriologist Almroth Edward Wright (1861 - 1947).
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He developed a vaccine against typhoid fever.
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Dr William Budd William Budd, physician, of Bristol (1811 - 1880), who published a classic work on typhoid fever in 1873.
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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.
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Some patients develop a rash of small red spots (“rose spots“), typically on the abdomen and chest.
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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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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.
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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.
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