Abstract

A CASE STUDY OF TYPHOID FEVER AND ITS AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT

Dr. S. G. Deshmukh and Harshala Sonawane*

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Abstract

Although advance in public health and hygiene level led to the virtual disappearance of enteric fever (typhoid fever) for much of the developed world, the disease remains endemic in many developing countries. Typhoid fever is caused by Salmonella enterica serovar typhi (s typhi), a gram negative bacteria. A similar but often less severe is caused by S Paratyphi A anssd less commonly S Paratyphi B (schotmulleri) S Paratyphi C (hirschfeldii). The common mode of infection by ingestion of an organism, usually through contaminated food or water. Although the source of infection may vary, person to person transmission through poor hygiene and sewage contamination of water supply are the most important.[1]

Keywords: Typhoid fever, visham jwar, widal test.