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How could cholera cause a pandemic?
Cholera can not cause pandemic today, unless there is some natural calamity. There were cholera pandemic in past, due to lack of knowledge about cholera and lack of hygiene.
What are some of the more serious symptoms of cholera?
The two major symptoms of cholera are vomiting and diarrhea. This is usually in a watery form. It can lead to dehydration and in some instances, can lead to death.
What are some epidemics?
One of the most common epidemics is influenza. Other epidemics include: plague, measles, smallpox, HIV/AIDS, SARS, and meningitis.
What are some problems that Africa is facing during past years?
Civil War, Poor Economic and disease like Malaria, Aida, Cholera etc.
How does a cholera vaccination make you immune to cholera?
In cholera vaccination you are injected the dead cells of cholera. So you get antibodies to cholera. This vaccine is not very effective. The protection rate is some where 50 to 60 % only. So you can not keep faith on the vaccine for protection from cholera.
Does chlorine cause cholera?
Chlorine does not cause cholera. You may get cholera, by absence of that little chlorine in public water supply.
What are some illnesses on the Oregon trail?
cholera
What are some possible sources of cholera?
In developing countries you have many asymptomatic carriers of cholera to spread the same. In developed countries, undercooked sea food is usually the source of cholera.
Is cholera an airbourne disease?
It was believed that, yes. Scientists thought cholera was also spread by air. Recently some scientific studies had proven that no... Cholera is only spread by food and water.
How did people in 1830 believe cholera was transmitted?
Doctors at the time had many theories of how cholera spread, some thought that cholera was spread by filth and stagnant water whereas others thought that cholera was transmitted by touch or someone's clothes.
Is cholera eradicated from India?
Cholera is not eradicated from the India. It is not possible to eradicate the cholera from India, in near future. Cholera is maintained in the community with many subclinical cases. Some of the people develop the severe form of cholera. With the majority people living in the villages and slums, they do not have access to good medical care. So many people die of dehydration, in isolated incidences.
How did cholera spread so quickly?
Cholera spreads so fast because it usually spreads by contaminated water. So it affects many people in one stroke. Secondly each patient produce very large amount of bacteria culture in the form of loose motion. Thirdly the patients tend to run away in their incubation period, taking with them the disease at some distant place. This creates the distant and independent focus, making it difficult for the health system to manage the epidemics.
