Hi Doctor, I am Raha from Ghana. I was diagnosed with typhoid about two weeks ago and given Ciproflaxin Tablets USP 500mg. I finished taking the drug and went for a Widal test and the results are below: Salmonella Typhi O : 1:80 Salmonella Typhi H : 1:160 What do these results mean. Is there another drug I need to take to get the typhoid out of my system? What values of the widal test is termed normal? Thanks.
Hi Rama, Thanks for writing to Chat Doctor. I can understand your concern. The Tidal test remains positive for some time after a typhoid fever. So you need not worry about that. Do you have any fever now? If the fever subsided then do not worry as that will take some time to come back to normal values. Continue to ask further queries as required. Hope this helps. Take care. Chat Doctor. D.(Pediatrics)Associate Professor of Pediatrics