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What Does This Widal Test Report Indicate?
Hello doctors, i m 29 years old M from India.i have typhoid since 2.5 months i have take medicines Oflox Oz for 15 days. I have a widal test that show that non reactive. Now after stop the medicines , i have again widal test and its shows Typhi-O is 1:160 and Typhi-H is 1:80. AH & BH are non reactive. I have no fever but i feels like fever in my body two or three times daily. Feel body heat from inside, legs and hand pain, weakness etc . But thermometer shows only 98.4 or98. .6 temps. Please tell me that am i typhoid positive or its gone?
Fri, 29 Dec 2017
HI SIR....SIMPLY WE WOULD LIKE TO INFORM U THAT WIDAL TEST IS NOT CONFIRMATORY FOR DIAGNOSIS ....IT JUST SAY THAT U HAVE ABS FOR TYPHOID BACTERIA....U NEED TO DO STOOL CULTURE TO BE TRUSTED OF DIAGNOSIS ....MAY BE U HAVE SOME STRESS OF TYPHOID FEVER
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