My mother is 50 years old. For a week she has been having abdominal discomfort with a little loss of appetite. Her stools have also changed colour to a light brown, almost whitish appearance. Last night, her temperature rose to 100 degrees Farenheit but abated when she took Paracetamol. Recently, someone in our house had typhoid fever. Is it possible she may also have it? What tests do we need to do?
Hello, Welcome to Chat Doctor, Typhoid fever is a disease which is caused by typhoid bacilli which is transmitted by face oral route by consuming contaminated water and food. The typhoid fever has got wide range of symptoms which includes low grade fever, abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, stepladder fever, coating of tongue and relative bradycardia. The typhoid fever is diagnosed by tidal test, blood culture, urine culture and stool culture. The rising tier of tidal test for O and H tier will confirm the diagnosis. I would suggest you to undergo tidal test and the blood culture. Thank you.