About Typhus.

Typhus is a contagious disease, which is caused by a germ named Salmonella Lyphi. This germ enters into human body through the impure food or drink. When the germs enter the body, people will get the syndrome after seven to twenty one days.

The main syndrome is a fever. At the first phase, the fever will increase step by step during five to seven days. Then, it will be high constantly. Besides, the infected people also will get a disturbing digestion, such as a disturbing taste and an uncomfortable stomach. They also may get diarhea. At a serious infection, the disease will cause people to get consciousness disturbance, even shock.

              However, because of the advanced technology in medicine, typhus can be cured using antibiotic therapy. The patients will get well and be productive again, but some of them still have the typhoid germ in their bodies, and this germ can be found in their urine. They become the contagion of this disease to other people, although they not suffered it. These people are called as carriers.