Are you aware of these side effects of typhoid vaccine?
Posted on: 30/Oct/2018 10:09:07 AM
Have you come across any person having symptoms such as high fever, abdominal pain, constipation plus other symptoms like headaches, vomiting and skin rashes with rose coloured spots. Be careful because they indicate that the person is having typhoid fever or typhoid. This typhoid fever is caused due to Salmonella typhi and it is well known that people get this typhoid fever due to contamination in the food and water. One important point is typhoid fever along with paratyphoid fever is type of enteric fever. It would be fatal if the infection spreads to the kidneys. Typhoid fever is more prevalent in places like Asia, Africa, Central or South America etc. A person could be prevented from getting typhoid by the help of typhoid vaccine. It must be noted that typhoid vaccine immunizes a person with exposure to small amounts of bacteria. Typhoid vaccine is known as typhim.
There would be few side effects when a person is given typhoid vaccine and these side effects are
High fever:
Don’t get afraid and tensed when you get high fever after a typhoid vaccine shot. It is due to allergic reaction to this vaccine.
Nausea and vomiting:
After getting vaccinated for typhoid, people get nausea and vomiting also. These people would feel uneasy and have discomfort. It is said that nausea might create or might not create vomiting. At this juncture getting medical advice is necessary.
Diarrhoea issues:
This is also one major side effect that would be caused due to typhoid vaccine. After taking typhim, person could lose lots of water and nutrients from them due to diarrhoea. Low water retention and dehydration occurs due to this water loss. These signs show that the typhoid vaccine has failed.
Rashes in the skin:
Skin rashes plus redness, swelling etc occurs in persons who have received typhoid vaccine. Itching and irritations would also be present. These rashes could be treated by using some lotions, creams etc prescribed by the doctor.
Headaches:
It is revealed that getting headache is one common side effect of typhoid vaccine. There are also few persons who do not get headache after typhoid vaccine. If the headache persists it is advisable to consult a doctor.
Foods that must be avoided during typhoid:
Not all foods are safe and there are few foods that must be avoided during typhoid. Foods having rich fibre content like wholegrain cereals must not be consumed. Vegetables like broccoli, cabbage capsicum etc plus foods having strong onion and garlic flavour should be avoided.
