Widal test for my son shows O and H both 160 . the doctors have diagonised his fever with typhoid.He took antibiotics course for 8 days. and he was well and again after 12 days the symtoms reoccurred, with high fever 103 degrees. Is this typhoid relapse. the widal tests again shows same 160 parameters. How many more days does he have to take antibiotics
Hi.usually the treatment for typhoid fever is 14 days. But as he was well for 12 days you need not worry. But the typhoid liters in the Tidal test have not become more than 1:160 like 320 or 640. So it is unlikely to be a typhoid. It could be a viral illness as well. Usually rather than fever, what is more important is the activity of the child, in between 2 fever episodes on the same day. If the kid is active and playing around when there is no fever, it is probably viral illness and it doesn't require antibiotics at all. Once viral fever comes it will there for 4-7 days. So do not worry about duration if the kid is active. Regards - 