Typhoid Fever Amy Kim, Jiwon Cheong, Hijo Byeun, Allison Lee

A bacterial infection It annually affect 21 million and kills 200,000 people worldwide

Causes Jiwon Cheong Caused by Bacteria. Mostly by Salmonella typhi bacteria, but also by Salmonella paeatyphi. The way you can catch this is by drinking water or eating food that is contaminated by those types of bacteria. (Spread by a human carrier.) An example of how it is spread is when a person who has the bacterium does not wash his or her hands well and then touches food that is later eaten. Flies spread the disease also.

How it Causes Jiwon Cheong First, the bacteria spread throughout the small intestine and then through the blood stream Carried by white blood cells The bacterium then enters organs, multiplies, and then travels to other organs using the bloodstream Every time the bacteria enters an organ, symptoms begin to appear, starting form when the bacteria enters the bloodstream

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Symptoms Allison Lee The most common symptoms are headache, poor appetite, fever, lethargy, diarrhea, sore throat Children often have diarrhea and vomitting The tongue becomes dry and has white patches in the center. People get a constant fever that is usually 39~40degree celsius. Skin rashes(rose spots) occur. usually on abdomen or chest at the second week of fever later it may lead to inflammation of bones and ulceration of bowels

Symptoms Allison Lee Lethargy later could bring prostration. Abdominal pain and discomfort are also common symptoms. Untreatment could result in other symptoms such as weight loss, continue high fever, distended abdomen, meningitis, arthritis. Some patients may experience relapse from the typhoid fever after one or two weeks.

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Transmission Hijo Byeun Who assists to this transmission? People who have got the sickness, 3-5% become the carrier Where in our world? The disease will occur underdeveloped and yet developed countries such as Latin American, Asia and Africa. Where in our lives? The bacteria grow in contaminated and spoiled food and especially drinking water. Also it will be carried through animal and human’s excrements. The bacteria will last for many days and weeks in the food that includes the dried Last for weeks in water or dried wastes. The bacteria develop in the gallbladder, bile ducts and liver. It is the white blood cell in the liver, spleen and the bone marrow that the bacteria will develop and later goes into the bloodstream.

Transmission Hijo Byeun To Whom The disease will occur underdeveloped and yet developed countries such as Latin American, Asia and Africa. The sickness will develop sporadically in a specific location and the older and younger generations. The location of effects. The location of a body that will be visible would be cramps in muscles and abdominal pain. The signs that will appear would be in a patient’s state of consciousness also including stupor and coma.

Locations Amy Kim D eveloping nations Common in most of the world “except in industrialized regions such as the United States, Canada, western Europe, Australia, and Japan” Asia, Africa, and Latin America have been especially at risk.

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Prevention Amy Kim Wash your hands hot soapy water ”before eating or preparing food and after using the toilet. “ carry hand-sanitizer to wash hands when water isn’t availableAvoid drinking untreated water drink only canned, bottled, or carbonated beverages, such as bottled water, wine, or bear try to drink mostly carbonated bottle water clean the outside of bottles and cans before you open. avoid drinking beverages with ice ”Use bottled water to brush your teeth” Avoid swallowing water while taking a shower

Prevention Amy Kim Avoid raw fruits and vegetables (raw produce may have been washed with unclean water) “avoid fruits and vegetables that you can’t peel, especially lettuce_ Perhaps avoiding raw food entirely is safer Choose hot foods avoid food that stored at room temperature Try to stick to steaming hot foods avoid street vendor foods as those are more likely to be contaminated In hospitals, infected people are quarantined

Prevention Amy Kim General Sanitization disinfection pure water pure milk proper sewage fly prevention pure food "Typhoid Fever And Its Prevention In Town and Country"Virginia Health Bulletin vol. 3, #6, June 1911

Treatment Amy Kim Vaccines injection of a single dose given orally over a period of days (Neither is guaranteed and require constant vaccinations) Chloramphenicol used the popular drug -stopped due to rare serious side effects

Treatment Amy Kim Treatment of antibiotics depend on geographical region certain versions of the Salmonella bacteria from South Amerixa are resistance to some antibiotics) removal of the gallbladder, the site of chronic infection Travel clinics injectable forms (Typherix or Typhim Vi) oral form (Vivotif) Admittance to hospital and loss of fluids and salt

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