Typhoid Fever: Treatment and Medication
Treatment and medication of Typhoid fever or typhus aimed for stopping the invasion of bacteria, shortening the course of the disease, prevent complications, and prevent the recurrence.
Typhoid disease treatment is conducted by isolating the patients and performs clothing, feces and urine disinfection to prevent its transmission. Patients must have bed rest for three days until the fever is gone, and then allowed to sit, stand and walk.
Besides the drugs that were given to reduce symptoms such as fever and dizziness (Paracetamol), for a child with typhoid fever, the main choice of antibiotic is chloramphenicol for 10 days and it is expected eradicate the germs as well as shortened the treatment. But there are some doctors who chose other antibiotics such as ampicillin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, cotrimoxazole, cephalosporins, and ciprofloxacin according to the patient’s condition.
The patient needs to be treated and given infusion if there is a high fever occurred. Complications that are often found on children with typhoid fever are intestinal bleeding due to perforation, gall bladder infection (cholecystitis), and hepatitis. Sometimes brain disorder (encephalopathy) can also be found.