A study on clinical profile of typhoid fever at Government General Hospital, Nizamabad, Telangana, India

Abstract

Background: The disease is most common in India. Children are most commonly affected. Typhoid fever, also known simply as typhoid, is a bacterial infection due to specific type of Salmonella that causes symptoms.Methods: Prospective observational study, 100 children with fever more than 7 days attending pediatric departed at GGH, Nizamabad were included in this study.Results: Total 100 children included in this study, male were 62, female were 38. More cases were (43) in 5-10 years age group, 53 children, belongs to middle class, 30 children belongs to lower class and 17 children belongs to upper class. Most common physical finding was toxic look (52), fallowed by coated tongue (41), hepatomegaly (32), pallor (12), spleenomegaly (11), hepatospleenomegaly (8).Conclusions: Safe drinking water, hand washing, proper sanitation, health education to children and food handlers in schools and hostels will decrease the incidence of typhoid fever in children.

Abdominal Ultrasonographic Findings in the Typhoid Fever in Pediatric Patients

“…We found that 16 cases (32%) of patient gathering had migraine. This outcome came in concurrence with [13] who revealed cerebral pain in (32%) of cases. these outcomes came interestingly with [14] who discovered cerebral pain in (58%) of their cases.…”

“…These outcomes came conversely with[12] who discovered fever in (75.8%) of his cases.We found that 16 cases (32%) of patient gathering had migraine. This outcome came in concurrence with[13] who revealed cerebral pain in (32%) of cases. these outcomes came interestingly with[14] who discovered cerebral pain in (58%) of their cases.We discovered 33 cases (66%) of the patient gathering had stomach torment this outcome come in concurrence with[15] who discovered stomach torment in (68%) of patients.…”

“…We discovered 18 cases (36%) of patients had looseness of the bowels, this outcome came in concurrence with [17] who discovered the runs in (37%) of his cases, the outcome came interestingly with (16) who discovered the runs in (14%) of their cases and conversely with [12] who discovered the runs in (74.2%) of his cases We found that 19 cases (38%) of patients had regurgitating. The heaving rate was more than that announced by [6] who found that spewing in (6.7%) of cases and not exactly that detailed by [13] who revealed retching in (52%) of his cases.…”

Epidemiological investigation of a typhoid fever outbreak in Sekhukhune District, Limpopo province, South Africa – 2017

“…Although no deaths were reported http://www.sajid.co.za Open Access during this outbreak, a high burden of typhoid fever in children is a public health concern, as there is a > 4 time's risk of mortality because of increased risk of complications and prolonged hospitalisation that has been observed in other settings. 25,26 The high burden of typhoid fever amongst children in this study specifies the high-risk population but also enables policymakers and municipal service delivery sectors to make informed decisions on prioritisation of safe water supply in schools and the community in general.…”

Towards an Integrated Approach to Improve the Understanding of the Relationships Between Water-Borne Infections and Health Outcomes: Using Malaysia as a Detailed Case Study

“…Typhoid fever is common among children aged more than 2 years old and teenagers in Malaysia (Ministry of Health Malaysia, 2017a). Other symptoms, such as headache, malaise, coughing and loss of appetite, were reported as early signs but the most common symptom for this disease is prolonged fever (Laishram and Singh, 2016;Roy et al, 2016;Ministry of Health Malaysia, 2017a;Singh and Sundar, 2019). Abdominal symptoms ranging from discomfort, pain, constipations, and diarrhea have been reported as well (Rasul et al, 2017;N'Cho et al, 2019;Muhammad et al, 2020).…”