Treatment

Typhoid Fever is a treatable disease but at the same time the death rate is high. Worldwide there were 13million and 500,000 people died. So far this year about 20% of Americans died from typhoid fever so far.  Typhoid Fever can be treated with antibiotics; within 2days you should see improvement, up to 7 to 10 days of taking the antibiotics, then you will start to recover. “Typhoid Fever is treated with antibiotics that kill the salmonella bacteria. Prior to the use of antibiotics the fatality rate was 20%.” (Typhoid Fever, Med.) Carriers can also be treated with prolonged along with the antibiotics. To free yourself of typhoid fever doctors will have to remove your gallbladder. Most people will disagree with someone that says removing your gallbladder is not the safest way to go about. In the mean while cold sponge baths are remained to lower your high temperature along with plenty of liquids to avoid dehydration. “Treatment for typhoid includes cold sponge baths to lower the fever and plenty of liquids to avoid dehydration: antibiotics, such as chloramphenicol.” (Typhoid Fever, (2))