Comments on: next year, everyone gets Typhoid vaccines http://www.hopalog.com/2006/07/19/next-year-everyone-gets-typhoid-vaccines/ Musings from the Caribbean Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:46:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Neil McIver http://www.hopalog.com/2006/07/19/next-year-everyone-gets-typhoid-vaccines/comment-page-1/#comment-3388 Neil McIver Sat, 09 Sep 2006 09:19:53 +0000 http://www.hopalog.com/2006/07/19/next-year-everyone-gets-typhoid-vaccines/#comment-3388 Hope you don't mind the intrusion. I spent the last 6 months in Ecuador and at one point after a couple days of 103-104 degree fever was told I also had typhoid due to a blood test. But I'm not certain I actually had it. The test was the Widal test which net search shows is a test for typhoid anti-bodies, not the typhoid bacteria itself. It showed I had anti-bodies, but some more net searching cast doubts on the reliability of the 110 year old test in typhoid endemic areas. What's more, contrary to what you wrote concerning the white blood cell count (my main reason for writing) I was told typhoid makes the WBC go down, as you said your count did. My own WBC was high, which is one of the reasons I suspect I did not get it. Net searching now shows some conflict from medical sites on whether typhoid makes the WBC go up or down, though all the sites that say it goes down are also worded identically, making me think they all draw from the same source. I took olive leaf extract as my general anti-biotic. I've got confidence that it works so if nothing else, it should be good for placebo effect. Maybe it had something to do with my relatively quick recovery. Or maybe not. Anyway, found your site while searching. Hopefully you're better by this writing, and enjoying your own adventuring. Thanks for sharing. Neil Hope you don’t mind the intrusion. I spent the last 6 months in Ecuador and at one point after a couple days of 103-104 degree fever was told I also had typhoid due to a blood test.

But I’m not certain I actually had it. The test was the Widal test which net search shows is a test for typhoid anti-bodies, not the typhoid bacteria itself. It showed I had anti-bodies, but some more net searching cast doubts on the reliability of the 110 year old test in typhoid endemic areas.

What’s more, contrary to what you wrote concerning the white blood cell count (my main reason for writing) I was told typhoid makes the WBC go down, as you said your count did. My own WBC was high, which is one of the reasons I suspect I did not get it. Net searching now shows some conflict from medical sites on whether typhoid makes the WBC go up or down, though all the sites that say it goes down are also worded identically, making me think they all draw from the same source.

I took olive leaf extract as my general anti-biotic. I’ve got confidence that it works so if nothing else, it should be good for placebo effect. Maybe it had something to do with my relatively quick recovery. Or maybe not.

Anyway, found your site while searching. Hopefully you’re better by this writing, and enjoying your own adventuring. Thanks for sharing.

Neil

]]> By: Dr Paul http://www.hopalog.com/2006/07/19/next-year-everyone-gets-typhoid-vaccines/comment-page-1/#comment-2827 Dr Paul Thu, 20 Jul 2006 21:21:06 +0000 http://www.hopalog.com/2006/07/19/next-year-everyone-gets-typhoid-vaccines/#comment-2827 Hope you're feeling better, Kit-kat. love, dad Hope you’re feeling better, Kit-kat.

love, dad

]]> By: Dr. Chrissy http://www.hopalog.com/2006/07/19/next-year-everyone-gets-typhoid-vaccines/comment-page-1/#comment-2826 Dr. Chrissy Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:55:44 +0000 http://www.hopalog.com/2006/07/19/next-year-everyone-gets-typhoid-vaccines/#comment-2826 Hey Kitty - I'm so sorry to hear about your typhoid! Hang in there. Do you have a blinding headache too? When Chet & I got it (if indeed we had typhoid) in Africa in 1998, we used the cipro we'd brought with us and were better in about 5 days - but had horrible headaches and nausea. Our vaccinations were said to be only 60% effective. The doc we saw in Nairobi said that a typhoid diagnosis required multiple blood tests to confirm a trend in some blood marker. Let us know how you are! Lots of love & healing coming from sweltering CA - C Hey Kitty – I’m so sorry to hear about your typhoid! Hang in there. Do you have a blinding headache too? When Chet & I got it (if indeed we had typhoid) in Africa in 1998, we used the cipro we’d brought with us and were better in about 5 days – but had horrible headaches and nausea. Our vaccinations were said to be only 60% effective. The doc we saw in Nairobi said that a typhoid diagnosis required multiple blood tests to confirm a trend in some blood marker. Let us know how you are! Lots of love & healing coming from sweltering CA – C

]]> By: John http://www.hopalog.com/2006/07/19/next-year-everyone-gets-typhoid-vaccines/comment-page-1/#comment-2824 John Thu, 20 Jul 2006 03:01:51 +0000 http://www.hopalog.com/2006/07/19/next-year-everyone-gets-typhoid-vaccines/#comment-2824 Kathy......Not being familiar, personally, with typhoid I can't give any help. However, if there is ANYTHING you need from up here that I can assist with, do NOT hesitate to ask, call, email!!!!!! Not sure how much my daughter, who is a dentist, can help with getting a prescription for you, but it doesn't hurt to ask her if you need me to do so. LET ME KNOW.... john Kathy……Not being familiar, personally, with typhoid I can’t give any help. However, if there is ANYTHING you need from up here that I can assist with, do NOT hesitate to ask, call, email!!!!!! Not sure how much my daughter, who is a dentist, can help with getting a prescription for you, but it doesn’t hurt to ask her if you need me to do so. LET ME KNOW….

john

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