Typhidot – An Important Type of Typhoid Test for Typhoid FeverHealth Care NetworksUpdated on Sep 18, 2017 View more like this | Visit India, UN | Contact Lal PathLabs |
Typhoid fever is a serious and widely recognized public health problem that is highly associated with mortality and morbidity. Typhoid fever is caused by a particular type of bacteria known as Salmonella Typhi. These types of bacteria are found in contaminated water and food. People affected with Typhoid fever can even contaminate the surrounding water supply through stool, urine, sneezing, coughing, etc. Each of them contains a high concentration of bacteria. In several cases, it has been witnessed that a delay in diagnosis has significantly increased the risk of adverse outcome. Therefore, an etiological diagnosis to identify and treat the diseases is of great importance. A type of typhoid test known as Typhidot test helps to detect the presence of Typhidot IgM and Typhidot IgG antibodies.
What are the symptoms of Typhoid fever?
The approx duration of the illness is about 3-4 weeks and the symptoms of typhoid fever include-
• Diarrhea.
• High fever as severe as 104 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Excessive or unexplained headaches.
• Excessive poor appetite.
• Body aches and pains.
• Abdominal pain and chest congestion.
What are the diagnosis and treatment processes?
Diagnosis – Despite performing bacteriologic isolation methods, doctors also feel the importance of performing rapid serologic diagnostic typhoid tests for typhoid fever. Typhidot test is a major type of typhoid test which detects the presence of IgM and IgG antibodies in the blood. The antibodies are present in the bloodstream and the test determines these antibodies against the Outer Membrane Protein (OMP) of the Salmonella Typhi. A person suffering from Typhoid fever will get a positive result within 2-3 days of infection and separately identifies both the types of antigens. This type of medical test incorporates nitrocellulose strips which are impregnated with OMP antigen. This helps to identify the antigen separately.
Treatment - A typhoid fever can be treated with antibiotics as they help to kill the typhoid bacteria. Antibiotics and supportive care have proved to be a great help in reducing the mortality rates of the Typhoid patients. Before the introduction of these types of treatment procedures, deaths used to occur because of severe infection, intestinal bleeding, intestinal perforation, and pneumonia. Today, appropriate therapies and care, have brought a huge improvement in the health condition of the patients within two-three days and recovery within 1 week-10 days.
Patients who become chronically ill, are treated with prolonged antibiotics. Those who are traveling to high-risk areas are advised to take proper vaccines.
What are the symptoms of Typhoid fever?
The approx duration of the illness is about 3-4 weeks and the symptoms of typhoid fever include-
• Diarrhea.
• High fever as severe as 104 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Excessive or unexplained headaches.
• Excessive poor appetite.
• Body aches and pains.
• Abdominal pain and chest congestion.
What are the diagnosis and treatment processes?
Diagnosis – Despite performing bacteriologic isolation methods, doctors also feel the importance of performing rapid serologic diagnostic typhoid tests for typhoid fever. Typhidot test is a major type of typhoid test which detects the presence of IgM and IgG antibodies in the blood. The antibodies are present in the bloodstream and the test determines these antibodies against the Outer Membrane Protein (OMP) of the Salmonella Typhi. A person suffering from Typhoid fever will get a positive result within 2-3 days of infection and separately identifies both the types of antigens. This type of medical test incorporates nitrocellulose strips which are impregnated with OMP antigen. This helps to identify the antigen separately.
Treatment - A typhoid fever can be treated with antibiotics as they help to kill the typhoid bacteria. Antibiotics and supportive care have proved to be a great help in reducing the mortality rates of the Typhoid patients. Before the introduction of these types of treatment procedures, deaths used to occur because of severe infection, intestinal bleeding, intestinal perforation, and pneumonia. Today, appropriate therapies and care, have brought a huge improvement in the health condition of the patients within two-three days and recovery within 1 week-10 days.
Patients who become chronically ill, are treated with prolonged antibiotics. Those who are traveling to high-risk areas are advised to take proper vaccines.
