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How To Treat Typhoid?

My 4 yr old daughter has typhoid 320 titres. she has high fever of 103 and she sweats later after fever is gone, she is having from almost 2 weeks. I want her to be cured I also have typhoid but 80 titres , my daughter is taking mafkind and taxim with calpol syrup, how long she has to suffer like this? also Dr . tried to give her iv drips but the Dr. could not find the vein for her , he pricked and she was swollen in iv area, so he could not give her iv. advise plz
Mon, 16 Feb 2015
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Hello there,
I am dr.milan an infectious disease specialist answering your question.
In typhoid only certain antibiotic is to be prescribe.
Taxim is one of them.
360 typhoid is positive in your language, while 80 is found in almost all healthy individual, this is called base line typhoid level.
You had been advised for culture but you have not mentioned so you have not done culture, but now this case is looks like typhoid which is resistance to that given antibiotic, taxim.
SO now one thing you can do you go for culture of Stool sample, because in antibiotic given cases typhoid bacteria can be isolated mostly. While other sample mostly found negative.
And if it is found positive you just go with sensitivity report and at least antibiotic for 14 days is necessary for complete clearance of typhoid bacteria.
You need to think for other fever also it might be a malaria,
because sweating after fever is a feature of malaria also so you need to ruleout malaria also.
Also do some blood test like complete blood count with peripheral smear examination, urine routine microscopic examination, stool routine microscopic examination and culture so malaria also can be ruleout
Hope i have given appropriate guidance to you.
if you have any query you can consult me anytime.
Give me star rating and thank you according to your satisfactory level.
Thanking you.
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How To Treat Typhoid?

Hello there, I am dr.milan an infectious disease specialist answering your question. In typhoid only certain antibiotic is to be prescribe. Taxim is one of them. 360 typhoid is positive in your language, while 80 is found in almost all healthy individual, this is called base line typhoid level. You had been advised for culture but you have not mentioned so you have not done culture, but now this case is looks like typhoid which is resistance to that given antibiotic, taxim. SO now one thing you can do you go for culture of Stool sample, because in antibiotic given cases typhoid bacteria can be isolated mostly. While other sample mostly found negative. And if it is found positive you just go with sensitivity report and at least antibiotic for 14 days is necessary for complete clearance of typhoid bacteria. You need to think for other fever also it might be a malaria, because sweating after fever is a feature of malaria also so you need to ruleout malaria also. Also do some blood test like complete blood count with peripheral smear examination, urine routine microscopic examination, stool routine microscopic examination and culture so malaria also can be ruleout Hope i have given appropriate guidance to you. if you have any query you can consult me anytime. Give me star rating and thank you according to your satisfactory level. Thanking you.