Symptoms of Typhus

Symptoms of Typhus

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Typhus includes the 9 symptoms listed below:

• Symptoms depend on the type of typhus but are often similar
• Severe headache
• Chills
• High fever
• Stupor
• Muscle aches
• Swollen lymph nodes
• Skin rash - macular, maculopapular, petechial or papulovesicular eruption
• Forearm skin rash spreading to the body
• more information...»

Research symptoms & diagnosis of Typhus:

• Overview -- Typhus
• Diagnostic Tests for Typhus
• Home Diagnostic Testing
• Complications -- Typhus
• Doctors & Specialists
• Misdiagnosis and Alternative Diagnoses
• Hidden Causes of Typhus
• Other Causes -- causes of these or similar symptoms

Typhus: Symptom Checkers

Review the available symptom checkers for these symptoms of Typhus:

• Severe headache -- Symptom Checker
• Chills -- Symptom Checker
• High fever -- Symptom Checker
• Stupor -- Symptom Checker
• Muscle aches -- Symptom Checker
• Swollen lymph nodes -- Symptom Checker

Typhus: Symptom Assessment Questionnaires

Review the available Assessment Questionnaires for the symptoms of Typhus:

• Chills -- Assessment Questionnaire
• Muscle aches -- Assessment Questionnaire

Typhus: Complications

Review medical complications possibly associated with 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...»

Diagnostic Testing

Diagnostic testing of medical conditions related to Typhus:

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

Research More About Typhus

Do I have Typhus?

• Typhus: Introduction
• Typhus: Diagnostic Testing to confirm diagnosis
• Home Diagnostic Testing
• Alternative diagnoses and misdiagnosis for Typhus
• Treatments for Typhus
• Alternative treatments for Typhus
• More about Typhus

Typhus: Medical Mistakes

• Asthma -- Health Mistakes
• Allergies -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical tests related to Typhus:

• Cold & Flu: Home Testing:
  • Home Fever Tests
  • Home Ear Infection Test Kits
  • Home Flu Tests
  • Home Strep A Tests
• more home tests...»

Wrongly Diagnosed with Typhus?

The list of other diseases or medical conditions that may be on the differential diagnosis list of alternative diagnoses for Typhus includes:

• Cold & Flu
• more diagnoses...»

See the full list of 1

Typhus: Research Doctors & Specialists

• 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
• more specialists...»

Research all specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

More about symptoms of Typhus:

More information about symptoms of Typhus and related conditions:

• Other diseases with similar symptoms and common misdiagnoses
• Tests to determine if these are the symptoms of Typhus
• Symptoms that may be caused by complications of Typhus
• Underlying causes of Typhus
• Risk factors for Typhus

Other Possible Causes of these Symptoms

Click on any of the symptoms below to see a full list of other causes including diseases, medical conditions, toxins, drug interactions, or drug side effect causes of that symptom.

• Chills - see all causes of Chills
• High fever - see all causes of High fever
• Muscle aches - see all causes of Muscle aches
• Severe headache - see all causes of Severe headache
• Skin rash - see all causes of Skin rash
• Stupor - see all causes of Stupor
• Swollen lymph nodes - see all causes of Swollen lymph nodes

Typhus as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions

When considering symptoms of Typhus, it is also important to consider Typhus as a possible cause of other medical conditions. The Disease Database lists the following medical conditions that Typhus may cause:

• Aseptic meningitis
• Brain failure
• Creatine kinase levels raised (plasma or serum)
• Hearing loss
• Lymphadenopathy
• Maculopapular rash
• Myocarditis
• Purpura
• Splenomegaly
• Vasculitis
• VDRL positive

Medical articles and books on symptoms:

These general reference articles may be of interest in relation to medical signs and symptoms of disease in general:

• Diagnostic Testing for a Diagnosis of Typhus
• Research Alternative Diagnoses for Typhus
• More about Typhus
• Online Diagnosis
• Self Diagnosis Pitfalls
• Pitfalls of Online Diagnosis
• Symptoms of the Silent Killer Diseases
• Lesser known silent killer diseases
• Books on signs and symptoms

Full list of premium articles on symptoms and diagnosis

About signs and symptoms of Typhus:

The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible signs and symptoms of Typhus. This signs and symptoms information for Typhus has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of Typhus signs or Typhus symptoms. Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Typhus may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they are indeed Typhus symptoms.

Search Specialists by State and City