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Typhus

Typhus: Introduction

Typhus: A general name for various arthropod-borne rickettsial infections. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Typhus is available below.

Symptoms of Typhus

• Symptoms depend on the type of typhus but are often similar
• Severe headache
• Chills
• High fever
• Stupor
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 9 symptoms of Typhus

Treatments for Typhus

• Antibiotics
• Intensive care - in severe cases such as those with complications of typhus
• Treatments depend on the type of typhus
• more treatments...»

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Home Diagnostic Testing

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Typhus?

• Misdiagnosis of Typhus
• Failure to diagnose Typhus
• Hidden causes of Typhus (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Typhus

Typhus: Related Patient Stories

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Typhus: Deaths

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Alternative Treatments for Typhus

Alternative treatments or home remedies that have been listed in various sources as possibly beneficial for Typhus may include:

• Baptisia homeopathic prevention and treatment
• Rhus tox homeopathic prevention and treatment
• Arsenicum homeopathic remedy
• Phosphorus homeopathic remedy
• more treatments »

Types of Typhus

• Epidemic typhus
• Murine typhus
• Brill-Zinsser disease
• Q fever
• European typhus
• more types...»

See full list of 35 Types of Typhus

Diagnostic Tests for Typhus

• Blood tests for rickettsiae
• Antibody blood tests
• Tests depend on the type of typhus
• more tests...»

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Typhus: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Typhus:

• Complications are rare for most types of typhus, except for immunocompromised patients; also possible in severe cases of typhus
• Pneumonia
• Hepatitis
• Complications depend on the type of typhus
• more complications...»

Causes of Typhus

• Murine typhus
• Rickettsia prowazekii
• Rickettsiae
• Scrub typhus
• more causes...»

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More information about causes of Typhus:

• Typhus as a complication caused by other conditions

Disease Topics Related To Typhus

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Typhus:

• Epidemic typhus
• Rickettsemia
• Louse-borne typhus
• Classic typhus
• Brill-Zinsser disease
• more related diseases...»

Misdiagnosis and Typhus

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Typhus: Research Doctors & Specialists

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• Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists:
  • Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose & Throat)
  • Pediatric Otolaryngology (Child Ear, Nose & Throat Specialist)
  • Otology / Neurotology (Ear/Hearing Specialists)
  • Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck
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Typhus: Animations

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Statistics for Typhus

• Medical statistics for Typhus
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Typhus
• Death and Mortality statistics for Typhus
• Society statistics for Typhus

Typhus: Broader Related Topics

• Parasitic Conditions
• Tick-borne diseases
• Rickettsia
• Bacterial diseases
• Conditions involving a pathogen
• Food-related conditions
• more types...»

Types of Typhus

Typhus Message Boards

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Definitions of Typhus:

Group of acute, arthropod borne infections caused by rickettsiae; includes epidemic (classic or louse-borne) typhus, its recrudescent form, and murine (endemic or flea-borne) typhus; all are characterized by severe headache, chills, high fever, stupor, and rash. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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