Selective angioembolisation is a common treatment modality for lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Sepsis is an uncommon complication of ...

Valley fever, or coccidioidomycosis, is an infection caused by a fungus called coccidioides. It's also known as San Joaquin Valley fever or desert rheumatism. Valley fever is the first stage of ...

One of the tell-tale signs you are coming down with a cold, the flu, or COVID is a fever and its sidekick: full-body chills. What happens, though, when that hair-raising feeling takes over ...

In a rare occurrence of locally acquired typhoid fever in Canada, health officials in Ottawa recently traced an outbreak back to a chronic Salmonella Typhi carrier working as a food handler.

Further studies on the pathogenesis of this viral hemorrhagic fever will enhance our understanding of the mechanisms of disease and, thus, facilitate the development of the required vaccine and ...

The pathophysiology of lung cancer refers to the functional changes that cause, result from, or are otherwise associated with the disease. In the case of lung cancer, the changes occur in the lungs.

Background: In Canada, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi infections are uncommon and typically travel-related. In November 2021, Ottawa Public Health identified a link between two typhoid fever cases, ...

When to see a healthcare provider for fever depends on a person’s age, whether they have other concerning symptoms, and how long the fever lasts. For infants under 3 months, any fever of 100.4°F or ...

In addition to typhoid, the top five infectious diseases recorded this monsoon were acute gastroenteritis (AGE), viral fever, dengue, and pneumonia. These illnesses combined accounted for a 36 per ...

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is warning about a possible exposure of salmonella typhi — a bacteria that can cause typhoid fever. The SHA said the potential exposure is traced to ...

The Saskatchewan Health Authority says people who ate food from a pizza restaurant near Saskatoon last month may have been exposed to typhoid fever. It says people may have been exposed if they ...

A medical officer at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Desmond Nii Akwei Allotey, has said that typhoid fever can affect any part of the human body. The expert said in an interview on Joy Prime’s ...