Natural Thyroid Fever Treatments
Typhoid fever is an acute systemic disease caused by salmonella typhi. It is a condition in which there is a typical course of temperature, with marked abdominal symptoms consisting of ulceration of the bowels. The fever is of uncertain duration and liable to frequent relapses.Typhoid fever is an infectious disease and persons contract it, or carriers. The condition is common in tropical countries with poor sanitation and the menace of flies.
Thyroid Fever Symptoms
It takes from 10 days to two weeks for this disease to develop. The patient feels chilly, tired and weak. He suffers from headache and loss of appetite, followed by backache and diarrhoea or constipation.Many patients also have bronchitis, so that in the early stages of typhoid, the disease may appear as pneumonia. The temperature rises and remains high for abut 10 days to two weeks. It has a tendency to rise in the evening and fall in the morning. Skin eruptions tend to appear in the second week and if proper care is not taken, inflammation of the bones and ulceration of the bowels may occur. The loss of appetite is more apparent. The tongue becomes dry and is coated with white patches in the central region of its surface. The fever gradually comes down to normal by the end of the fourth week.
Thyroid Fever Causes
Poor sanitation is most often responsible for this disease. Contaminated water is the usual source of infection. The next common cause is infected milk. Other foods may also be responsible for the disease. Sometimes, certain people, known as carriers, may spread the disease. After a patient has had the disease, the bacteria may survive in the gall-bladder for years, so that the patient becomes a carrier. If such a carrier is employed in preparing or serving food, the infection can spread. In a few cases, flies may bring the germs into the house and contaminate the food. Germs enter the body through the mouth, causing irritation and ulceration of the lower small bowel.Typhoid fever usually develops in a person who has a great accumulation of toxic waste and other putrefactive material in his intestine, resulting from wrong dietary and faulty style of living. The germ of typhoid fever flourishes upon this morbid condition in the intestine. The disease is more common in persons who eat much meat or other flesh foods, as it is the nature of such foods to decompose and putrefy readily within the intestines.
Natural Treatment for Thyroid Fever
A complete bed rest and careful nursing is essential for the patient. He should be given liquid diet like milk, barley and fruit juices. Orange juice will be especially beneficial. In fact, the exclusive diet of oranqe juice diluted with water can be taken for first few days of the treatment with highly beneficial results. In typhoid fever, the digestive power of the body is seriously hampered and the patient suffers from blood poisoning called toxaemia. The lack of saliva coats his tongue and often destroys his thirst for water as well as his desire for food. The agreeable flavour of orange juice helps greatly in overcoming these drawbacks. It also gives energy, increases urinary output and promotes body resistance against infections, thereby hastening recovery. If possible, warm-water enema should be given daily during this period to cleanse the bowels.Cold compresses may be applied to the head in case the temperature rises above 103°F. If this method does not succeed, to wring out a sheet or large square piece of linen material in cold water, wrap it twice around the body and legs of the patient and then cover completely with a small blanket or similar warm material. This pack should be applied every three hours during the day while temperature is high and kept on for one hour or so each time. Hot water bottles may be applied to the feet and also against the sides of the body.
After the temperature has come down to normal and the tongue has cleared, the patient may be given fresh fruits and other easily digestible foods for two or three days. For drinks, unsweetened lemon water or plain water, either hot or cold, may be given. Thereafter, the patient may be allowed to gradually embark upon a well-balanced diet. The emphasis should be on fresh fruits and raw or lightly-cooked vegetables.