Typhoid – 12th & NEET

CAUSATIVE ORGANISM: Salmonella typhi (gram negative bacteria, a non- spore forming bacillus)

MODE OF INFECTION: Through direct contact, food, excreta from the carrier.

ORGANS INFECTED: Small Intestine & Colon.

INCUBATION PERIOD: 12-72 hrs.

SYMPTOMS:

• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Abdominal pain
• Water stool
• Persistence increase in Fever
• Blood mixed with stool.
• Enteric fever

DIAGNOSIS:

• Widal Test
• It determines the Agglutins against the antigen. Usually positive in 2^nd week of the disease.

TREATMENT:

• Rest
• Used of Antibiotics.

FAIL SAFE MECHANISM OF THE BODY:

• The HCl in stomach has the capacity to destroy salomnella that is ingested.
• The intestine produces short chain Fatty Acid which kills salmonella.
• A person suffering from Achlorhydria may suffer more often Typhoid.
• Whenever there is reduced on intestinal flora and occurs due to taking of too much of Antibiotics, the person is more prone to Typhoid.