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What Are Symptoms Of Typhoid?

My mother is 50 years old. For a week she has been having abdominal discomfort with a little loss of appetite. Her stools have also changed colour to a light brown, almost whitish appearance. Last night, her temperature rose to 100 degrees Farenheit but abated when she took Paracetamol. Recently, someone in our house had typhoid fever. Is it possible she may also have it? What tests do we need to do?
Tue, 29 Apr 2014
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Welcome to HCM,

Typhoid fever is a disease which is caused by typhoid bacilli which is transmitted by faeco oral route by consuming contaminated water and food.

The typhoid fever has got wide range of symptoms which includes low grade fever, abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, step ladder fever, coating of tongue and relative bradycardia.

The typhoid fever is diagnosed by widal test, blood culture, urine culture and stool culture. The rising titer of widal test for O and H titer will confirm the diagnosis.

I would suggest you suggest you to undergo widal test and the blood culture.

Thank you.
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What Are Symptoms Of Typhoid?

Hello, Welcome to HCM, Typhoid fever is a disease which is caused by typhoid bacilli which is transmitted by faeco oral route by consuming contaminated water and food. The typhoid fever has got wide range of symptoms which includes low grade fever, abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, step ladder fever, coating of tongue and relative bradycardia. The typhoid fever is diagnosed by widal test, blood culture, urine culture and stool culture. The rising titer of widal test for O and H titer will confirm the diagnosis. I would suggest you suggest you to undergo widal test and the blood culture. Thank you.