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Another African experience - Typhoid
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Andrew Prince
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Bad luck, Paul - hope you're quickly on the mend! Your holiday back home probably can't arrive soon enough now! 
Just looked up the symptoms of Typhoid 
Note the bold bits.... so nothing new for you then Paul
Get well soon mate!
The first week
Symptoms of typhoid fever during the first week of infection include:
a high temperature (fever) that can reach 39–40C (103–104F), which usually increases throughout the day before falling the following morning
abdominal pain
constipation or diarrhoea – adults tend to get constipation and children tend to get diarrhoea
vomiting – this usually affects children rather than adults
a dry cough
a dull headache that can be felt at the front of the head
severe mental confusion, such as not knowing where you are or what is going on around you
a skin rash made up of pink spots that are 1–4cm wide – there are usually fewer than five spots
a feeling of being increasingly very unwell
The second week
In the unlikely event that you do not get treatment, the symptoms above will become more severe in the second week.
You may also have:
a swollen abdomen
a slow heartbeat
The third week
During the third week, the symptoms of typhoid fever include:
loss of appetite
weight loss
physical exhaustion
bouts of foul-smelling, yellow–green, watery diarrhoea
severe swelling of the abdomen
rapid breathing
a deterioration of your mental state, such as severe confusion, apathy and, in some cases, psychosis (where a person is unable to tell the difference between reality and their imagination)
Note the bold bits.... so nothing new for you then Paul
Get well soon mate!
The first week
Symptoms of typhoid fever during the first week of infection include:
a high temperature (fever) that can reach 39–40C (103–104F), which usually increases throughout the day before falling the following morning
abdominal pain
constipation or diarrhoea – adults tend to get constipation and children tend to get diarrhoea
vomiting – this usually affects children rather than adults
a dry cough
a dull headache that can be felt at the front of the head
severe mental confusion, such as not knowing where you are or what is going on around you
a skin rash made up of pink spots that are 1–4cm wide – there are usually fewer than five spots
a feeling of being increasingly very unwell
The second week
In the unlikely event that you do not get treatment, the symptoms above will become more severe in the second week.
You may also have:
a swollen abdomen
a slow heartbeat
The third week
During the third week, the symptoms of typhoid fever include:
loss of appetite
weight loss
physical exhaustion
bouts of foul-smelling, yellow–green, watery diarrhoea
severe swelling of the abdomen
rapid breathing
a deterioration of your mental state, such as severe confusion, apathy and, in some cases, psychosis (where a person is unable to tell the difference between reality and their imagination)
Sorry to hear that - get well soon! Keep the fluid intake going - I hear Bombay Sapphire helps! Oh - wait - that's malaria. Well, no-one said they were mutually exclusive 
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Paul
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Dry country i'm afraid, 40 lashes if caught with alcohol in the region i'm in, but the guy who does it works for me
I am going down the route of a non stop supply of Morgans Spiced when i get home next week
to get my strength up again.
I am going down the route of a non stop supply of Morgans Spiced when i get home next week
to get my strength up again.
