Botkin's Disease

Botkin's disease is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi. This bacterium is one of the most common causative agents of typhoid fever.

Botkin's disease was discovered by Russian physician Sergei Petrovich Botkin in 1876. He described the symptoms of the disease and suggested the name “typhoid.” However, it was not until 1905 that the bacterium Salmonella typhi, which causes this disease, was described.

The disease usually begins with high fever, headache, weakness, muscle and joint pain. After a few days, symptoms associated with the gastrointestinal tract appear: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. Other symptoms such as skin rash, swollen lymph nodes, and abdominal pain may also occur.

Treatment for Botkin's disease includes the use of antibiotics and other medications. In severe cases, hospitalization and intensive treatment may be required.

Prevention of Botkin's disease consists of following the rules of hygiene and nutrition. It is necessary to wash your hands before eating and after visiting the toilet, and also consume only boiled water and heat-treated food.

Botkin's disease is one of the most severe and common diseases in the world. In the Middle Ages, the diagnosis of rabies was quite common. Already the ancient Romans knew that rabid dogs rush at people. Attempts to stop them with blows of a stick, as a rule, do not help.

Up to the XVII-XVIII centuries. It was believed that rabies was a consequence of an animal bite. Only at the end of the 18th - beginning of the 19th centuries. A. Pasteur established that mental manifestations of rabies are associated with a severe infectious disease transmitted by a bite, as well as through the blood and saliva of an infected animal during contact with a healthy one.