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Headache, vomiting sensation, Giddiness
Widal test report S'typhi "O" 1:160 positive S'typhi "H" 1:80 positive This is my report and I took medication for the same. As i still had headache, nausea, giddiness consulted another Dr. and he said the above report is fake and it is just a viral fever. Is that true? Please confirm.
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Your widal test report is s/o typhoid fever Take cefixime 200 mg twice a day for 5 days Take paracetamol 500 mg SOS Rantac 150 mg BD Vertin 24 mg tds
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Please Are you having fever at present? Please reply Meanwhile take Tab stemetil MD 1 three times a day Tab rablet 1 on empty stomach All for 3 days only And Ocimum sanctum Q Homeopathic medicine 10 drops in 50 ml water Twice a day for 3 weeks These will help you a lot Reconsult after 3 days
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Get the test drive again to confirm. Continue Medicines
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Hello Rounak, India being an endemic population for Typhoid fever, the general level of antibodies is usually higher and therefore insignificant without clinic correlation. Moreover, As with all serological tests, the rise in antibody levels needed to perform the diagnosis takes about 7–14 days, which limits its applicability in early diagnosis. The Widal test is positive if TO antigen titre is more than 1:160 in an active infection, or if TH antigen titer is more than 1:160 in past infection or in immunized persons. A single Widal test is of little clinical relevance due to the high number of cross-reacting infections, including malaria. If no other tests (either bacteriologic culture or more specific serology) are available, a fourfold increase in the titer (e.g., from 1:40 to 1:160) in the course of the infection, or a conversion from an IgM reaction to an IgG reaction of at least the same titer, would be consistent with a typhoid infection. Get better soon.
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For O 1:160 is definitely significant,  for H titres of 1:160 or more is significant. So as per u r report,it's positive for O antigen of typhoid bacteria
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