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- Typhoid Fever
- SYMPTOMS gradually begin with headache, loss of appetite, backache, chilly
- sensations, constipation and abdominal pain. In a few cases rose-colored
- spots may appear on the chest and abdomen. Sometimes diarrhea & Pneumonia.
- CAUSES are an infection by S. typhi bacteria. The bacteria may be transmitted
- by contaminated milk, food and water, or from urine or stool of an already
- infected person.
- TREATMENT. Replacement of fluid, antibiotics and nursing care.