Hair Loss Due to Typhoid
November 11, 2008
Typhoid is a disease of the intestine accompanied with high fever, the typhoid bacteria ruins the large and small intestine and can make you very weak. Since the intestine is damaged it cannot digest any food, so usually patients are kept on saline or liquid diets. Lack of diet with heavy medication can play havoc with the body and hairfall is one of the many pitfalls of typhoid. It causes acute weakness and can take months to recuperate, the severity of illness depends on the type of typhoid you are suffering from. There are 4 types; A, B, O and H with A being the mildest one and H being the worst.
Typhoid also has a tendency to relapse so the possibility of hair fall is higher because one relapse of typhoid can change your situation from bad to worse. Typhoid is a very serious disease and typhi bacteria can enter the body through contaminated food and water. Hair fall after typhoid is inevitable, there is nothing you can do to prevent hair loss.
Though the hair will grow back once the patient recuperates but the amount of care and attention that goes into it is tremendous. After care is the only solution for typhoid sufferers. Apart from using massage oils it is extremely important to have a healthy and balanced diet. Though it may sound easy to incorporate a healthy eating habbits but the doctor will give a list of food which is restricted in such condition. Given the restrictions in diet it is very difficult to have a healthy diet, everything has to be chosen with care.
Includes loads of green leafy vegetables, they are easy to digest and a good source of iron. Additionally also have fresh fruits, avoid anything thats sour like oranges, grapes or sweetlime since the intestine becomes very weak and cannot tolerate any citrus fruits. Also if you wish to have fruits with the skin then it is important to soak the fruit in salt water for at least 10 minutes, this will kill the bacteria which breed on the skin of the fruit. Use salt in good proportion, a pinch of salt is not enough. You can also include fruit juices but be careful of how the juice is made, if the juicer is not clean or the fruit is used a whole with the skin, the chances of contamination are high.
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