Typhoid fever is caused by infection with a bacterium known as Salmonella Typhi. The infection causes high fever, diarrhea, and sometimes a rash that causes flat red spots on the skin.
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Typhoid Fever  Information for adults

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Typhoid fever is caused by infection with a bacterium known as Salmonella Typhi. The infection causes high fever, diarrhea, and sometimes a rash that causes flat red spots on the skin.
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Signs and Symptoms
The distinguishing characteristics of typhoid fever illness are high fever (temperature as high as 40°C [104°F]), feeling generally weak and achy (malaise), headache, loss of appetite, rash, and sometimes diarrhea or constipation. These symptoms usually begin within hours to days of ingesting the contaminated substance and may go away on their own within a week but, if left untreated, may last for weeks.

Symptoms of typhoid fever are as follows:
  • High fever (temperature of 38–40°C [102–104°F])
  • Malaise (achiness and weakness)
  • Abdominal pain
  • Change in stool output, such as constipation or diarrhea
  • Rarely, a flat (not raised) rash of dark pink spots
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Last Modified: 22 Dec 2008
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