Typhoid Fever By: Sang Woo Nam, Britney Byun, Staci Shon

What is it? It is a diseases caused by bacterium Salmonella enterica (Typhi) that lives only in human body and 37 degrees Celsius (human body temperature)

Symptoms  Feel weak, chilly and tired  Headache  Backache  Diarrhea  Constipation  Loss of appetite

continue…  Temperature ascend (remains high for 2 weeks)  Skin eruptions appear  Tongue becomes dry, gets coated in the center region  Fever gradually comes down by the end of 4th week

Transmission You may get infected from food or drinks that contains or got touched by the people who contain the bacterium Most of the dirty sewages are contaminated by the bacterium Common in areas were hand washing is less frequent When bacterium inter human body it is carried around in blood streams even though the patient have come over the disease about 5% of the total patients carry around the disease

Causes  Poor sanitation  Contaminated or infected water  food: contaminated with germs by flies  People who have the disease if they prepare or serve the food  Unhealthy diet & faulty style of livings

continue…  Common in people who eat more meat and fleshy foods  Eating or drinking contaminated foods  Salmonella thyphi bacteria is spread through contaminated foods  Travelers to developing countries increase their risk

Treatment  Vaccine: mostly provided for the people who are traveling to developing countries  Antibiotics: fluoroquinolones, chloramphenicol, amoxillin, and trimethoprim- sulfamethosaole  Recover within 3~4 weeks

continue…  Vivoti Berna  Typhim Vi  Salmonella typhi Vi Capsular Polysaccaride Vaccine  Typheri

Prevention  Proper disposal of sewage  Complete purification of drinking water  Pasteurization of milk  Implementation of anti- fly measure

continue…  Typhoid fever vaccine- gives protection  Good hygiene  Avoid raw vegetable that cannot be peeled  Avoid foods and beverages from street vendors.

Frequent Occurances In most parts of the world (usually developing countries) However, travelers must be careful when they travel (especially Americans traveling)

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