Typhus

Typhus is contagious disease, which is caused by a germ named Salmonella

Lyphi. This germ enters into human body through the impure food or drink. When the

germs enter the body, people will get the syndrome after seven to twenty one days.


The main syndrome is a fever. At the first phase, the fever will increase step

by step during five to seven days. Then, it will be high constantly. Besides, the

infected people also will get a disturbing digestion, such as a disturbing taste

and an uncomfortable stomach. They may also get diarrhea. At a serious infection,

the disease will cause people to get consciousness disturbance, even shock.


However, because of the advanced technology in medicine, typhus can be cured

using the antibiotic therapy. The patients will get well and be productive again,

but some of them still have the typhoid germs in their bodies, and these germs can

be found in their urine. They become the contagion of this disease to other people,

although they have not suffered it. These people are called as carriers.