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6 Year Old Having Typhoid Symptoms. Taking Cefixime And Azithromycin. What Is The Recovery Period? Diet Advice?
Hi, My daughter is 6 years old and has symptoms of typhoid (as per our family doctor, he has prescibed her Cefixime & Azithromycin DT). Could you please answer my following queries: 1. How can we be sure that it is typhoid 2. How long does it take to cure typhoid 3. What foods should I give her to help her cure fast 4. How long should I keep her on this diet , and how soon can she eat non veg food Thanks, A
Thu, 16 Aug 2012
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1] You have to do a test in blood for Widal & Typhidot-IGM / Blood culture to know it is surely Typhoid.
2] It takes @ 2 weeks to cure Typhoid completely.
3] Give very soft, well cooked, bland foods like- Rice gruel, Ganji, Khichadis, soups, fruits without seeds,non oily & non spicy foods, but there is no food to make her cure fast only by food.
4] She should be on this diet for 2 weeks at least. She can eat well cooked , boiled / grilled Non-veg food after 2 weeks.
Thanks for choosing HCM.
1] You have to do a test in blood for Widal & Typhidot-IGM / Blood culture to know it is surely Typhoid.
2] It takes @ 2 weeks to cure Typhoid completely.
3] Give very soft, well cooked, bland foods like- Rice gruel, Ganji, Khichadis, soups, fruits without seeds,non oily & non spicy foods, but there is no food to make her cure fast only by food.
4] She should be on this diet for 2 weeks at least. She can eat well cooked , boiled / grilled Non-veg food after 2 weeks.
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Typhoid caused by contaminated water take boiled and cooled water soft and bland diet to confirm the diagnosis we do blood culture and some other test like T&D and widal test,doctor is the suitable person to decide. it may take more than 7 days to recover .
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