how can someone be infected by "typhoide"?

Question

there is someone at home who has "typhoide". will we be contaminated if we sleep next to her, eat or drink in the same glass, wear the same dress?

Answer 1

Try this web site Webmd
http://www.webmd.com/hw/infection/nord730.asp

Answer 2

im assuming you mean typhoid fever.

typhoid fever is caused by a bacteria, usually when people travel internationally to a place where typhoid fever is not controlled. it is a bacteria that lives only in humans. both people currently ill with typhoid fever and people who USED to have typhoid fever carry the bacteria in their blood and feces. you can get it if you share drinks with a contaminated person, or if the bacteria gets into your water supply somehow and you ingest it (so no drinking from toilet water! ;). it can also be passed through food if an infected person goes to the bathroom and doesntwash their hands, then touches food.

my suggestion would be to tell the person with typhoid to WASH THEIR HANDS ALL THE TIME!! also keep alcohol hand sanitizers handy for them to use often, to avoid spreading the bacteria all over the house and potentially into your food. also, make sure all family members wash their hands frequently and don share drinks with the person. typhoid can be cured with antibiotics, but it is still not pleasant!

Answer 3

TRANSMISSION

While flying insects feeding on feces may occasionally transfer the bacteria to food being prepared for consumption, the disease is most commonly transmitted through poor hygiene habits and public sanitation conditions. Public education campaigns encouraging people to wash their hands after toileting and before handling food are an important component in controlling spread of the disease.

A person may become an asymptomatic carrier of typhoid fever, suffering no symptoms, but capable of infecting others. According to the Centers for Disease Control approximately 5% of people who contract typhoid continue to carry the disease after they recover.

The most notorious carrier of typhoid fever, but by no means the most destructive, was Mary Mallon, also known as Typhoid Mary. In 1907 she became the first American carrier to be identified and traced. She was a cook in New York at the beginning of the 20th Century. Some believe she was the source of infection for several hundred people. She is closely associated with fifty cases and five deaths. Public health authorities told Mary to give up working as a cook or have her gall bladder removed. Mary quit her job, but returned later under a false name. She was detained and quarantined after another typhoid outbreak. She died of a stroke after 23 years in quarantine.

Answer 4

If you drink or eat the contiminated matter , you tend to get the TYPHOID infection.. If you eat or drink in the same glass or plate then only will get it but by sleeping beside or wearing the same dress you wont.

Answer 5

Typhoid is spread when a person drinks or eats food and water contaminated by human waste (stool or urine) containing Salmonella typhi bacteria.
A person who no longer has symptoms but still transmits the bacteria is called a "carrier." "Carriers" must be extra careful with their personal hygiene. They should not work in restaurants or places where food is handled until a health care provider determines that they no longer carry the bacteria.

Answer 6

Also get vacinated against it as soon as you can this will prevent you from catching it!