Testing for typhoid with WIDAL test is a scam! This is why.

This is why most people say things like "Amoxicillin doesn't work for me again", "Cipro no dey work again". It's all due to antibiotic resistance

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5 major reasons many health professionals say WIDAL test is unreliable for typhoid (and why it often feels like a scam) 1. It gives many false positives Many people test “positive” even when they don’t have typhoid. 2. Past infection can confuse results If you’ve had typhoid before, WIDAL can stay positive for long. 3. Malaria and other infections affect it Common illnesses like malaria can make WIDAL show typhoid wrongly. 4. It doesn’t confirm active typhoid WIDAL checks antibodies, not the actual typhoid bacteria. 5. Most labs don’t use the right baseline values Without local reference ranges, the result becomes guesswork. WIDAL is outdated. Blood culture remains the gold standard. Don’t rely on guesses for serious illness

Yes,u told us before I'm a good student

All you said is 💯 But there was a time I asked a Doctor why they request for Widal Test instead of Blood Culture and he said it’s because it is more cost effective for the patient🤦🏾‍♀️

Learnt new things. Thanks for sharing, doc! ❤️

I don’t know who taught Nigerians that whenever they are treating malaria they must also take antibiotics along side.

Then that means people that go to some primary healthcare centers are in trouble

@grok transcribe this video and write out what it says

All doctors in Nigeria are very confusing. This widal test is generally required to check for typhoid 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I hope this mid-wives will reduce the way they’re bombarding patients with CEFTRIAZONE all in the name of TYPHOID. Not everything is Typhoid! Mostly, a single Widal test result isn’t accurate!!

Dem don chop my money tire be that.

I subscribed to your school of thought

Blessing come come this video na for you typhoid customer

I know they have been scamming me all this while

Good work Doc 👏💯

Someone has been having constant diarrhea for 2 months now She said she did widal that it's typhoid she has

Omo.

@OGreat6 I think hospitals especially some private hospitals and clinics have to stop encouraging this narrative. Patients are arguing because of the continuous prescriptions, particularly of ciprofloxacin, which is now abused and causing more medication misuse.

Is quite unfortunate that this scam is still in progress

We don talk this thing tire, but some patients dey very stubborn.

Also check that the stool culture is done with the appropriate culture media. If they are not using SSA (Salmonella Shigella Agar) to do your stool culture they are fooling themselves.

WIDAL misleads and wastes peoples money

just do stool culture test to know if you have it or not that widal is nonsense

Most people don’t realize how confusing medical records are until they see theirs.

@nuhu01 Nobody lie reach you

Facts. The WIDAL test is unreliable, it often gives false positives because it can’t distinguish between past exposure and active typhoid infection. This leads to misdiagnosis and unnecessary antibiotics. Blood culture or more specific tests are far more accurate.

Huh

Thanks for any important information 👍

This your standard laboratories, is any one recruiting?

You are right Doc, the fact the culture is more expensive and takes time for results to get back should tell you how reliable it is.

Na to go arrest my doctor remain ☹️

Cos I use coke to test typhoid?

Thank you Doc😎🙏 You are the best🙌

So does it mean we were scammed by medical practitioners all this while

Culture,for the culture 😂