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It depends what it is infected with!
In all cases, DON'T DRINK IT!
Water-borne and water-related diseases, infections, and maladies include:
- gastrointestinal illness/disease
- typhoid
- bilharzia
- cholera
- arsenicosis
- Guinea worm disease (Dracunculiasis)
- intestinal worms
Symptoms include:
- diarrhoea
- dehydration
- stomach cramps
- loss of appetite
- weight loss
- fever
- nausea
- vomiting
Some water-borne pathogenic microorganisms and contaminants:
- cryptosporidium
- escherichia coli (E. coli)
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- vibrio cholerae
- salmonella typhi
- bacillus typhosus
- human faeces
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What else can I help you with?
Can you catch hiv by touching the fluid of an infected woman?
If there was a break or crack in your skin, then you could catch it.
If someone touches the aids infected undergarments does he catch aids?
No, not likely.
Can a baby catch a UTI from taking a bath with and infected person?
yes!
What can you catch from a blood transplant?
At times, when they give you infected blood, you can get AIDS.
Can you catch hivfrom an infected partner wearing a condom?
yes for sure
Relationship between malaria and mosquitoes?
Some misquitoes in parts of the world give people malaria. ________________________________________________________________________ mainly, you catch malaria from mosquitos that have been infected. they are infected by laying eggs and being born out of dirty water
Can cats catch myxomatosis if they eat an infected rabbit?
Only rabbits can catch myxomatosis. Humans and other animals cannot catch it from eating the meat of an affected rabbit.
Can you catch measles through food?
No, measles is a highly contagious viral infection that spreads through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes. It is not transmitted through food or water.
How come if it takes a lot of blood to catch HIV you can catch it by sharing a needle?
It doesn't take a lot of blood to catch HIV ! A single drop of infected blood is enough !
How many eggs would you drink to get salmonella?
It's not about how many you have, it's if they're infected or not. If they aren't you won't catch it regardless of how many you have. If they are infected one can be enough.
Is toilet water infected?
obviously
Can you catch aids from saliver?
yes/no, if the person has a cut in the mouth and it is blood in the saliva you can get infected
