Transcript Typhoid fever

I’m no fun to
play with!
•
but I am!
bacteria carried in
bloodstream and
intestinal tract
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Contaminated
food or water
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Poor sanitation
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Poor hygiene
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Flies
I didn’t wash
my hands…
Then I don’t
want to buy your
bagels
This water
isn’t clean…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ForskeligeVeje_ad_hvilkenBroen_kan_inficeres_medTyfusbaciller.png
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/06/rivers_of_sewag.php
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1st & 2nd weeks:
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Fever
Fatigue
Headaches
Leukopenia
Bradycardia
phil.cdc.gov… img ID #2215
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3rd & 4th weeks:
 High fever
 Delirium
 Dehydration
http://www.worldortho.com/dev/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1800&Itemid=420
http://www3.chu-rouen.fr/Internet/services/sante_voyages/pathologies/typhoide/
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Blood samples
Stool cultures
Widal test
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Water chlorination
Sewage treatment
Good hygiene
Vaccines
“It is well known that typhoid and cholera are
both due to sewage-contaminated food or water.
By means of sanitary improvements, Britain got
rid of all of its cholera and most of its typhoid
without any vaccines; and officials who now
recommend their use must be suspected of
having dirty, stupid and slipshod minds and dealt
with accordingly.” – Lionel Dole, The Blood Prisoners
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Oral Rehydration Therapy
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Antibiotics
I infected
47 people!