Brill disease

Brill disease:

Brill disease: Introduction

Brill disease: A form of recurring typhus caused by a bacterium called Rickettsia prowazekii and transmitted by lice. The illness may occur years after the initial sickness and tends to be not as severe. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Brill disease is available below.

Symptoms of Brill disease

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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Brill disease:

Cold & Flu: Home Testing:
- Home Fever Tests
- Home Ear Infection Test Kits
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Brill disease?

Misdiagnosis of Brill disease

Causes of Brill disease

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Misdiagnosis and Brill disease

Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria, but can also kill the "good" bacteria in the gut....read more »

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