The drug of choice for treating typhoid fever

Typhoid fever is an acute infectious disease caused by Salmonella typhi and transmitted through the digestive tract. The general course of typhoid fever has four stages and the illness lasts about four weeks. Typhoid fever can cause some cold symptoms, such as fever, cough, general weakness, loss of appetite, etc., which can easily lead to confusion and misdiagnosis. Here are some of the preferred drugs for treating typhoid fever and ways to prevent it.

1. Typhoid fever is an acute infectious disease that can occur in people of any age and is mainly caused by Salmonella typhi. If people do not pay attention to food hygiene for a long time, it will lead to abnormal immunity and they will be extremely susceptible to infection with typhoid bacillus. So, what are the treatments for typhoid?

1. Fluoroquinolones have a broad antibacterial spectrum, strong bactericidal effect, complete oral absorption, wide distribution in the body, high bile concentration, few side effects, and are not prone to drug resistance, so they are used as the first choice.

2. Among cephalosporins, the second and third generation cephalosporins are more effective, have high bile concentrations, and fewer relapses. They are often used to treat drug-resistant strains and typhoid fever in the elderly and children.

3. Chloramphenicol Chloramphenicol can be used to treat non-resistant strains of typhoid fever. During the treatment, blood count should be checked twice a week. If the white blood cell count is <2.5×109/L, the drug should be discontinued and replaced with other antibacterial drugs. Patients with G-6PD deficiency may experience hemolysis after taking the drug. This medicine is ineffective against carriers. Use with caution in infants, children, and those with blood diseases, liver or kidney dysfunction.

4. The indications of ampicillin are: ① patients who are resistant to chloramphenicol and other drugs; ② patients who cannot use chloramphenicol; ③ pregnancy complicated with typhoid fever; ④ chronic carriers. The course of treatment should not be less than 2 weeks. The advantage of this drug is its high bile concentration.

5. Amikacin and rifampicin can also be used to treat typhoid fever caused by other drug-resistant strains, but attention should be paid to their toxic side effects on the liver and kidneys.

2. How can we prevent colds?

1. Nasal washing method: Western medicine believes that when the human body is exposed to cold, rain and other inducing factors, the frequency of respiratory cilia vibration decreases, and the nasal mucus and the viruses, bacteria and fungi adsorbed on it stay in the nasal cavity for a greatly increased time, thereby allowing the viruses that cause colds to multiply in large numbers and invade the human body, causing a cold.

2. Eat more radishes: Practice has shown that the carotene in radishes has a unique effect on preventing and treating colds. The specific method is to chop the sweet, crisp and juicy radish into pieces, squeeze out half a cup of juice, then mash the ginger, squeeze out a small amount of ginger juice, add it to the radish juice, then add sugar or honey, mix well and pour in boiling water to drink as a beverage, three times a day for two consecutive days, which can clear away heat, detoxify, dispel cold, and prevent colds.

3. Drink chicken soup: Two clinical medical centers in the United States reported that drinking chicken soup can inhibit inflammation of the throat and respiratory tract, and is extremely effective in eliminating symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, and sore throat caused by colds. Because chicken contains many amino acids necessary for the human body and is rich in nutrients, it can significantly enhance the body's resistance to cold viruses. Chicken also contains some special chemicals that have the effect of enhancing pharyngeal blood circulation and nasal fluid secretion, which is good for protecting the patency of the respiratory tract, clearing respiratory viruses, and accelerating recovery from colds.

4. Eat less salt: Experiments have shown that eating less sodium-containing salt can increase the lysozyme content in saliva, protect the oral and throat mucosal epithelial cells, and allow them to secrete more immunoglobulin A and interferon to fight the cold virus. Therefore, controlling daily salt intake to less than 5 grams is very beneficial for preventing and treating colds.

5. Drink sugar and ginger tea together: Because colds are mostly caused by external wind and cold, they often cause symptoms such as headache, nasal congestion, runny nose, joint pain, and even fear of cold and fever. You can use appropriate amounts of brown sugar, ginger, and black tea, boil them into soup and drink it 1-2 times a day. It not only warms the body and removes cold, but also has good prevention and treatment functions for colds.

6. Take honey with water: Honey contains a variety of biologically active substances that can stimulate the body's immune function. Taking it twice a day, morning and evening, can effectively treat and prevent colds and other viral diseases.

7. Taking yeast: Professor Dasgupta of the University of California, USA, discovered in an experiment that the yeast used to make bread contains an ingredient that can prevent the cold virus from multiplying and spreading in human cells. It can treat the common cold, but is ineffective against influenza.