What Does Recovery From Typhoid Fever Look Like? Energy, Appetite and Food-Handling Rules
Typhoid fever recovery time is usually a few days to feel the fever break once antibiotics start, then two to four weeks for energy…
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Infections & Travel Health
Articles on infections and travel health: vaccines before a trip, food and water safety, fever after travel and how to tell when an infection needs medical treatment.
How Long Does COVID-19 Recovery Take? Isolation, Lingering Fatigue and When to Ask for a Review
Most people with mild COVID-19 feel noticeably better within one to two weeks, and public health guidance allows you to leave isolation once you…
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Can a Lyme Disease Blood Test Be Negative Early On? Two-Step Testing Explained
Yes. A Lyme disease blood test can be negative in the first few weeks after a tick bite because it detects antibodies, not the…
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Why Does a Fever After Travel to a Malaria Region Need Same-Day Testing?
A fever after travel to a malaria region needs a same-day blood test because Plasmodium falciparum, the most dangerous malaria parasite, can progress from…
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Testing Positive for COVID-19 While Abroad: Where to Seek Care and When You Can Fly Home
If you tested positive for COVID-19 abroad, start with your travel insurer's assistance line or your accommodation's medical contact, rest in your room, and…
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When Does a Common Cold Need a Doctor’s Visit? Ruling Out Flu, COVID-19 and Sinusitis
Most colds improve on their own within 7 to 10 days and do not need a doctor's visit. Call a doctor if symptoms last…
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Malaria Prophylaxis: The Options, How They Differ and Why Timing Matters
Malaria prophylaxis means taking a prescription antimalarial before, during and after travel to a malaria-risk area so that parasites delivered by a mosquito bite…
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Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Adults: Why It Hits Harder and How Long It Lasts
Adults can catch hand, foot and mouth disease, and when they develop symptoms the illness often feels harsher than in children: larger, more painful…
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Bug Bite Identification: Mosquito, Tick, Spider or Bed Bug, and the Reactions That Need Care
Bug bite identification works best by pattern, not by a single bump. Mosquito bites raise an itchy welt within minutes on exposed skin. Tick…
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Flu vs COVID vs RSV: Telling the Three Apart by Symptoms and Tests
Flu, COVID-19 and RSV share fever, cough and fatigue, so symptoms alone rarely settle which one you have. Flu tends to arrive abruptly with…
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Salmonella Infection in Pregnancy, Infants and Older Adults: Why Doctors Monitor More Closely
Salmonella usually causes a self-limited stomach illness, but in pregnancy, infancy and older age the margin for error is thinner. Dehydration develops faster, the…
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Chickenpox in Adults: Why It Is More Serious and When Vaccination Makes Sense
Chickenpox in adults is usually more severe than in children: the rash is heavier, fever runs higher, and complications such as varicella pneumonia, encephalitis…
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Dengue Recovery Timeline: The Fever Phase, the Critical Window and When Strength Returns
Dengue usually follows three phases. A fever of 2 to 7 days comes first, then a critical window of roughly 24 to 48 hours…
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Antibiotic Side Effects: The Common, the Rare and How to Protect Your Gut
Antibiotics side effects are usually mild and digestive: loose stools, nausea, bloating or a yeast infection, affecting roughly one in five people. Rarer problems…
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Sun Poisoning: When Sunburn Becomes a Medical Problem
Sun poisoning is an informal name for a severe sunburn, or occasionally a sun-triggered rash, that produces whole-body symptoms: widespread blistering, fever, chills, headache,…
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When a Household Member Is Treated for Tuberculosis: Contact Screening and Everyday Precautions
Living with someone with tuberculosis usually means the local health department or care team will offer you a TB skin or blood test, often…
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Malaria Treatment During Pregnancy: Why the Plan Differs and How Mother and Baby Are Monitored
Malaria treatment in pregnancy differs because the parasite can lodge in the placenta, the mother is more prone to severe illness and low blood…
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Pneumonia and Tdap Boosters: The Adult Vaccines Most People Forget
Adults need a Tdap booster, or a Td booster, every 10 years, with Tdap given during each pregnancy, ideally between 27 and 36 weeks.…
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