Without proper treatment, typhus can cause bleeding …

JAKARTA – Typhus is a serious bacterial infection that is easily spread through contaminated water and food. Along with high fever, this disease can cause stomach pain, headache, and lose your appetite. With treatment, most people recover completely. But untreated typhus can lead to life-threatening complications.

It takes a week or two after infection for symptoms to appear. Some of these symptoms are high fever, weakness, stomach pain, headache, poor appetite, rash, fatigue, confusion, constipation and diarrhea.

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Serious complications are rare, but can include intestinal bleeding or perforation in the intestines. This can lead to life-threatening bloodstream infections (sepsis). Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, and severe stomach pain.

Other complications are pneumonia, kidney or bladder infections, pancreatitis, myocarditis, endocarditis, meningitis, delirium, hallucinations, paranoid psychosis. If you have any of these symptoms, tell your doctor about any recent trips abroad.

Reporting from Healthline, Saturday (5/12). Typhus is caused by bacteria called salmonella typhi (S. typhi). It is not the same bacteria that cause Salmonella foodborne disease.

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The main method of transmission is via the oral-faecal route, generally spreading in contaminated water or food. It can also be transmitted through direct contact with an infected person. In addition, there are a small number of patients who have recovered but still carry S. typhi. These carriers can infect other people.

Some areas have a higher incidence of typhus. This includes Africa, India, South America and Southeast Asia. Worldwide, typhus affects more than 26 million people per year. The United States has about 300 cases per year.

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