What is Typhus fever?

Typhus is a disease caused by bacteria called Rickettsiae. This is a kind of fever which is sometimes confused with dengue fever because of its similar symptoms of fever and headaches. There are three types of typhus fevers which are most common. One is considered to be the epidemic typhus which happens after a war or a natural disaster, where the conditions for these kinds of bacteria become very favorable and people get affected by this disease by the masses. The symptoms will include fever, headaches, chills, and skins rashes. This condition is also known as ship fever or prison fever because the way it affects the masses.

Another type of typhus is the scrub typhus of chigger-borne, which is transmitted by chiggers in heavily vegetated tropical areas. The symptoms of this type of typhus are muscular pain, fever, cough and digestive problems as well.

The third most common type of typhus is called Endemic typhus or flea borne typhus which gets transmitted from rats that are infected with fleas that are carrying the disease. The symptoms of endemic typhus include joint pains, headache, chills, nausea, fever, vomiting and cough.

There are many diseases related to the same bacteria, however they do not give the same symptoms and typhus is a very serious disease especially if it is due to a epidemic. In this case the use of antibiotics and medicines like doxycycline or tetracycline should be administered to the patient at the earliest to avoid further complications.

During the World War I typhus caused approximately three million deaths in Russia and other European countries. However, at present, although there are so many facilities to take care of these kinds of diseases, typhus is still responsible for about 2000 deaths every year all over the world. This is highest in the developing countries and especially in those countries where medical facilities are still very far behind in their ways of functioning.

This disease although similar in name to typhoid does not have to do anything with it at all and it should not be confused.

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