Contents:
- Medical Video: 5 Common Signs of Typhoid Fever
- What are types?
- How to cure typhus?
- When do you have to be hospitalized?
Medical Video: 5 Common Signs of Typhoid Fever
Even though typhoid fever is a disease that is "commonplace" for Indonesian people, this is not something that can be underestimated. Your body is at risk of lack of fluids and some complications that can be caused after you are attacked by typhoid, so that the handling of typhoid must be done properly and immediately. But does typhoid treatment really need to be done by being hospitalized (hospitalization or hospitalization) or can you just go home?
What are types?
Tipes or typhoid fever is an acute bacterial infection caused by the presence of bacteria salmonella typhi on the food or drink you consume. The community and health workers actually call it typhoid symptoms more often.
This happens because generally, the condition of the body that you are examining is still a symptom that arises 1-2 weeks after the bacteria enter your body (incubation period). These symptoms include:
- Fever up to 40 degrees Celsius
- Headache
- Muscles ache
- Stomach ache
- Loss of appetite
- Diarrhea
- The appearance of small pink rashes
It is best to have a checkup if you experience the above symptoms, especially if you have just returned from a trip, because as explained earlier, immediate treatment of typhoid symptoms can reduce your chances of experiencing typhoid complications.
But if you find that your symptoms are typhoid symptoms, and after you have done several tests on blood, feces, urine, and your bone marrow sample shows a positive result, it could be that the types you are experiencing now are no longer just symptoms.
How to cure typhus?
Typhoid treatment can actually be done at home or at the hospital. The most important thing is, the typhoid treatment can give you a complete rest for several weeks until your condition is recovering as a whole, because the symptoms caused by types generally will make you feel really weak.
In addition to complete rest, you should also be able to ensure that the level of fluid content in your body is sufficient, as well as cleanliness and nutrition of the food and drinks you consume are maintained. Remember, your cause of typhoid is food and drinks that are not clean, and you can spread the bacteria to people around you.
When do you have to be hospitalized?
Your typhoid treatment should be treated in a hospital, if:
- The symptoms you experience worsen, such as vomiting, diarrhea, and swelling of the abdomen.
- These typhoid patients are still children or toddlers.
- The typhoid attack actually develops into a typhoid complication in the digestive system, in the form of internal bleeding and perforation that spreads to the tissues around it.
In addition, diseases caused by bacterial attacks will usually be treated with antibiotics. If your typhoid treatment is done in a hospital, the treatment you receive will usually take the form of injecting antibiotics as well as inserting nutrients and fluids into your body through intravenous needles. Whereas if your typhoid treatment is done at home, giving antibiotics will be done by mouth (oral).
