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What Causes Malaria And Typhoid?

I was not feeling well and I went to the lab to be tested, I was diagnosed of malaria and typhoid, Doctor prescribed medicine for the treatment but the illness persists. subsequently, I have done eight test and treated eight times and each test result from various labs are the same - Malaria and typhoid, What is the cause and the permanent treatment/cure for it.
Mon, 24 Nov 2014
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Hello
You tested 8 times both for malaria and typhoid fever , took treatment every time but still fever present due to malaria and typhoid .
Typhoid :
Depending on the specific species , salmonellosis results in typhoid fever or gastroenteritis .
When tested in blood or stool , there is positive for typhoid fever as well as for non-typhoidal salmonellosis ( NTS ).
Typhoid require treatment and the drug of choice is ciprofloxacin 500 mg orally for 14-28 days .
NTS :Antibiotic treatment is not recommended in most of cases as it does not shorten the duration of symptoms and is associated with increased rate of relapse, a prolonged carrier state, and adverse drug reaction.
Both type of typhoid and NTS is identified by clinical as well physical finding and case history .
So in this fever ,consult your another physician and narrate all history.
While for malaria , first of all mention the type of malaria if P. VIVAX ( most common ) , take radical treatment .
If strain is P falciparum , again take complex radical treatment , this is quite different from P vivax.
Hope this be useful for you.
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What Causes Malaria And Typhoid?

Hello You tested 8 times both for malaria and typhoid fever , took treatment every time but still fever present due to malaria and typhoid . Typhoid : Depending on the specific species , salmonellosis results in typhoid fever or gastroenteritis . When tested in blood or stool , there is positive for typhoid fever as well as for non-typhoidal salmonellosis ( NTS ). Typhoid require treatment and the drug of choice is ciprofloxacin 500 mg orally for 14-28 days . NTS :Antibiotic treatment is not recommended in most of cases as it does not shorten the duration of symptoms and is associated with increased rate of relapse, a prolonged carrier state, and adverse drug reaction. Both type of typhoid and NTS is identified by clinical as well physical finding and case history . So in this fever ,consult your another physician and narrate all history. While for malaria , first of all mention the type of malaria if P. VIVAX ( most common ) , take radical treatment . If strain is P falciparum , again take complex radical treatment , this is quite different from P vivax. Hope this be useful for you.