10 Symptoms of Typhoid Fever
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
While our immune systems are very effective at protecting us from disease, we are not completely immune from attack. Some infections are more powerful than others and can cause serious harm even to people with the strongest of natural defenses. One of these is typhoid fever, and it can be a very serious infection.
Typhoid fever is caused by an infection by the Salmonella typhi bacteria and is caught through infected food and water. The symptoms can be very unpleasant and quite severe and death is a very real possibility. Typhoid fever is a condition that causes many deaths around the world so all necessary precautions should be taken to avoid it. If an infection does take place, medical treatment should be sought immediately.
