Typhus Diseases Stomach Intestines Implications

Typhus is an infection of the stomach intestines implications across any body tissue.The disease is spread from stool to mouth in contaminated food and water, and often occur in outbreaks or epidemics (population fell ill at the same time). Among various infectious diseases that are sometimes called fever, abdominal typhus is one of the most dangerous diseases.

A. The bacteria that causes typhoid fever:
1. Rickettsia typhi
2. Rickettsia prowazekii

B. Depending on the type of typhoid bacteria which cause infections.

Rickettsia typhi is endemic typhoid fever is common in unhygienic areas and poor areas with cold temperatures. Typhoid is usually called "jail fever". These bacteria are spread by cockroaches, flies, and flying ferrets. Cases of typhoid fever is common in the southern United States and southeast. The incubation period is 2-3 weeks. The most serious risk is the occurrence of death. Rickettsia prowazekii is a typhus epidemic. It happens to someone who had contracted typhoid fever, re-activation.

C. One who is suffering from typhoid shows the results of blood tests:
1. Low levels of sodium
2. Low levels of albumin
3. Enzymes in the liver increased significantly
4. Event of a complaint in the kidney
5. Produced very high antibody

D. Complications that occur
1. Pneumonia
2. Central nervous system damage
3. Renal insufficiency

E. The following signs of typhoid:
First week
1. Initially similar to a cold or influenza.
2. Head and neck pain
3. Heat up a little setiapp day to 40 degrees or more.
4. Often times the pulse is relatively slow compared to the high heat.
5. Sometimes there is vomiting, diarrhea or constipation.

The second week
1. High heat, the pulse is relatively slow
2. It may look pink spots on the body
3. Shivering / trembling
4. Delirium or delirium (people unable to think clearly)
5. Weakness, weight loss, body hydrated.
The third week
If no complications occur, heat and other signs will disappear slowly.
F. Treatment:

1. Get immediate help of your doctor or nearest health
2. Give chloramphenicol for adults: two capsules @ 250 mg 4 times daily. If no chloramphenicol, ampicilin or tetracycline use.
3. Lower the heat to a cold wet cloth
4. Give lots of fluids; soups, juices, and drinks to restore body fluids.
5. Provide nutritious food, if necessary, in liquid form.
6. Patients should stay in bed until the heat is lost at all
7. If the patient coughs up blood or signs of inflammation occur in the lining of the stomach, he should be immediately taken to the hospital.

G. Prevention of abdominal typhus:
1. Mengindarkan away from dirty things like food and water contamination by human waste. Make sure the household toilet far away from where people take drinking water
2. Pay particular attention to the cleanliness of drinking water, especially during floods.
3. Patients must live in separate rooms to prevent the spread of abdominal typhus. Feces should be incinerated or buried in a deep hole. Carers must wash their hands immediately afterward.
4. Anyone who has ever suffered from typhoid should give extra attention to personal hygiene and should not be working in restaurants or in food processing areas.