Typhoid Fever Essay – Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases Fact Sheet

Typhoid Fever

Target Population

Typhoid fever is an emerging and re-emerging disease in the world, mostly in Africa. The Targeted audience or population include;

• Nurses; They are the first responders to educate, assist, and implement the measures to control and treat the disease.
• Patients
• The public

What is Typhoid Fever          

Typhoid fever, also known simply as typhoid, is a life-threatening bacterial infection caused by a specific type of Salmonella. Symptoms begin 6 to 30 days after exposure. It varies from mild to severe cases if not treated. There is a gradual onset of a high fever over several days. Symptoms include fever, abdominal pain, headache, vomiting, diarrhea, cough, or constipation. A confirmed case had Typhi isolated from blood, stool, or rectal swab culture. Typhoid Fever Essay – Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases Fact Sheet

The Implications of the spread of Typhoid fever

Due to the unsanitary environment and drinking water, most people tend to contract Typhoid disease, which can lead to death.” Among 583 patients admitted with a diagnosis of suspected typhoid, complications occurred in 79 (14%), the most common being acute kidney injury (26), anemia (10), peritonitis (nine), and electrolyte abnormalities (nine). One patient experienced intestinal perforation.

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Detection

Typhoid fever can be dictated by the onset of fever, abdominal pain, headache, vomiting, diarrhea, cough, or constipation. The fever can vary from mild to severe.

Prevention

Ø Provision of clean drinking water

Ø Adequate sanitation and clean environment

Ø safe food handling practices

Treatment of Typhoid fever

Ø Appropriate antibiotic use and vaccination.

Ø Proper handwashing.

“In January 2018, CDC collaborated with HCHD to standardize the collection, analysis, and interpretation of water quality data from wells, boreholes, and municipal taps. HCHD and partners paired this approach to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) by assessing and repairing boreholes.

“Globally, overall rates of typhoid fever are reported to be falling; however, there are between 11.9 and 26.9 million cases of typhoid fever each year with 129,000 – 135,900 deaths”.

References;

Marchello, C. S., Hong, C. Y., & Crump, J. A. (2019). Global typhoid fever incidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 68(Supplement_2), S105-S116. https://www.slideserve.com/sandra_john/typhoid

N’cho, H. S. (2019). Notes from the Field: Typhoid Fever Outbreak—Harare, Zimbabwe, October 2017–February 2018. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 68.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6802a5.htm

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14760584.2020.1750375

Assignment: Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases Fact Sheet

Sir Francis Bacon said, “Knowledge is power.” This is most definitely true when it comes to diseases and how to prevent and treat them. As a nurse, you are charged with teaching patients how to prevent infectious diseases and what to do if they become infected. A powerful tool in your arsenal is the Fact Sheet. Usually comprised of one page of easy-to-read content, these leaflets can be distributed easily and can effectively inform your practice.

To prepare for this Assignment:

• Select one disease that is either emerging or re-emerging in the world today.
• Research the disease using both scholarly and non-scholarly resources.
• Determine your audience (patients, other nurses, schools, etc.) that you would want to share the Fact Sheet with.
• Select pieces of information that are appropriate for your audience.

By Day 7

Submit: A 1- to 2-page Fact Sheet.

• Indicate the audience on the Fact Sheet.
• Give a brief history of the disease.
• What are the implications of the spread of the disease?
• How does one detect and prevent the spread of this disease?
• How is this disease treated?

Your Fact Sheet should be visually stimulating, appropriate for your audience, and formatted with bullet points for easy reading.

Support your “facts” with references.

Note: Your Fact Sheet must be supported with at least three scholarly sources of evidence in the literature.

Writing Resources and Program Success Tools

• AWE Checklist (Level 4000)
  This checklist will help you self-assess your writing to see if it meets academic writing standards for this course.
• Walden University. (n.d.). Walden templates: General templates: APA course paper template with advice (6th ed.). Retrieved May 31, 2019, from  https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/ld.php?content_id=45326751

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• AWE Checklist (Level 4000)
• Assignment Rubric

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