The Presences Of Typhoid Fever In Our Various Environment's And What We Need To Know About It

Hello guys, hope everyone is doing well by his grace. It will be an honor for me to keep on educating on how to prevent ourselves from preventable diseases which are common in our various environment. So, today’s topic is Typhoid fever (enteric fever). We are all aware that this disease is very common in our various localities and it on keep on spreading day-in day-out especially within children because we don’t know its sources and how to control it.

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Basically, Typhoid fever is severe a bacterial infection that occurs in an insanitary environment as a result of contamination of water or food with infected feaces/urine. The organism that causes this disease is called salmonella typhi, and their host could be a sick person, healthy people with the disease and someone recovering from the disease but still passing out an infected feaces/urine. The disease can also be found across the globe, in that case, anyone can get this disease if he/she doesn’t follow the preventive measures . How is this disease transmitted from one person to another?
• You can get it indirectly from contaminated vegetables, fruits, rodents, food and water.
• People who have this disease can easily pass it to others indirectly.
• Eating/drinking of contaminated shellfish/milk products.
• You can also get it from infected person feaces/urine from your bare hands.

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In cases where a person is infected with this disease, it will take about 7-21 days for the appearance of the first signs and symptoms. This will be the signs and symptoms the person might shows;

1. Severe headache.
2. Loss of appetite and vomiting.
3. Feeling of discomfort.
4. Sweating profusely.
5. Abdominal pains and diarrhea.
6. Poor memory and attention.
7. In early stages there will be constipation.
8. Dehydration.
9. Muscle ache.
10. High body temperature and slow heart rate.
11. In some cases, blood may come out from the nose.

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Caretakers/parents who do not react early either for treatment or management of this disease can have some of these complications such as;
• Typhoid perforation.
• Inflammation of the heart muscles and the brain.
• Slight deafness as a result of inflammation of the parotid gland.

Hospital is the best place for your first of contacts if you see this signs and symptoms because there are specialist doctors and nurses who are train to treat and confirm this disease. Although, one can also use this as a form of management to any infected person.
 Given him/her enough rest and sleep
 Bathing twice daily for cleanness and reduction of body temperature
 Encourage to take high fluids (ORS) to prevent severe dehydration
 Encourage to take roughage diets to reduce constipation.

I’m very sure you wouldn’t like any of your relative to have this kind of condition and if so, there is need to for us to take personal and environmental hygiene very important to prevent insanitation. So, this are ways we can do to prevent the spread of this diseases and it’s as follows;

1. Avoidance of open defecations and proper disposal of feaces and urine.
2. Proper handwashing of our hands with soaps and water before eating and after defection.
3. Proper disinfection of articles of with urine and feaces of an infected persons or people who has the diseases without showing and signs.
4. Treating an infected person and those who have it without showing any signs.
5. Finding out the source of infection and taking measure to eliminate/treat it.
6. Proper cooking and storing of foods.
7. Examination of food vendors and handlers periodically.
8. Using safe drinking water (pipe borne water).
9. Educating the public about the disease.
10. Control of flies and cockroach breeding from contaminating of food and the environment.
11. Thorough washing of vegetables and fresh fruits before eating.
12. you can vaccinate against this disease.

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We have come to the end of the education and I will like to urge each and everyone of us to educate his/her family especially our children to desist from playing/interacting in contaminated environment because it's the main source. Your health is your concern.
Best regards to you all!!!