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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
==Symptoms== | ==Symptoms== | ||
Symptoms of typhoid fever include the following: | |||
===Most common symptoms=== | |||
*Stepledder increase in temperature initially and than sustained [[fever]] as high as 40°C (104°F | |||
*profuse sweating | |||
*[[gastroenteritis]] | |||
*[[diarrhea]] | |||
===Less common symptoms=== | |||
*[[Rash]] causing flat, rose-colored spots <ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/typhoidfever_g.htm |title=CDC Typhoid Fever |accessdate=2007-10-02 |date=2005-10-25 |publisher=Center for Disease Control }}</ref> | |||
===Course of typhoid fever=== | |||
* | Typhoid fever symptoms can be divided into four individual stages, each lasting approximately one week. | ||
* Intestinal perforation in distal [[ileum]] | |||
* [[Encephalitis]] | '''First week''' | ||
* Metastatic abscesses | *Slowly rising temperature with relative [[bradycardia]], | ||
* malaise | |||
*headache | |||
*cough. | |||
*[[Epistaxis]] | |||
*abdominal pain | |||
'''Second week''' | |||
*Prostration | |||
*High grade fever which plateaus around 40°C | |||
*Bradycardia (Sphygmo-thermic dissociation), classically with a dicrotic pulse wave. | |||
*Delirium or agitation (nervous fever) | |||
*Rose spots on the lower chest and abdomen(1/3 patients). | |||
*[[Rhonchi]] in lung bases. | |||
*Painful abdomen(right lower quadrant). | |||
*Diarrhea (six to eight stools/day), green with a characteristic smell, comparable to pea-soup. | |||
*Constipation | |||
'''Third week''' | |||
*Intestinal hemorrhage | |||
*Intestinal perforation in distal [[ileum]](Fatal) | |||
*[[septicaemia]] or diffuse [[peritonitis]] | |||
*[[Encephalitis]] | |||
*Metastatic abscesses | |||
*[[Cholecystitis]] | |||
*[[Endocarditis]] | |||
*Osteitis | |||
*Defervescence | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist|2}} | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
{{WH}} | {{WH}} | ||
{{WS}} | {{WS}} |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aysha Anwar, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
History
Symptoms
Symptoms of typhoid fever include the following:
Most common symptoms
- Stepledder increase in temperature initially and than sustained fever as high as 40°C (104°F
- profuse sweating
- gastroenteritis
- diarrhea
Less common symptoms
Course of typhoid fever
Typhoid fever symptoms can be divided into four individual stages, each lasting approximately one week.
First week
- Slowly rising temperature with relative bradycardia,
- malaise
- headache
- cough.
- Epistaxis
- abdominal pain
Second week
- Prostration
- High grade fever which plateaus around 40°C
- Bradycardia (Sphygmo-thermic dissociation), classically with a dicrotic pulse wave.
- Delirium or agitation (nervous fever)
- Rose spots on the lower chest and abdomen(1/3 patients).
- Rhonchi in lung bases.
- Painful abdomen(right lower quadrant).
- Diarrhea (six to eight stools/day), green with a characteristic smell, comparable to pea-soup.
- Constipation
Third week
- Intestinal hemorrhage
- Intestinal perforation in distal ileum(Fatal)
- septicaemia or diffuse peritonitis
- Encephalitis
- Metastatic abscesses
- Cholecystitis
- Endocarditis
- Osteitis
- Defervescence
References
- ↑ "CDC Typhoid Fever". Center for Disease Control. 2005-10-25. Retrieved 2007-10-02.