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Cholera
Cholera is an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of water or food contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Its main symptoms include vomiting and profuse watery diarrhea. It is mainly treated with oral rehydration solution and intravenous fluids.
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How did cholera effect the soldiers in the world war 1?
The question should read "How did cholera AFFECT the soldiers in World War I?"
How can you prevent ourselves from diseases like cholera and typhoid?
You can prevent yourself fron diseases like Cholera and Typhoid by making sure any water you drink/use is definitely clean e.g filter your water. Another way to do this is to also make sure all sewage is disposed of properly and I reccoment that if you start having symptoms such as mild-to-moderate diarrhea, a sustained fever as 104 degrees, feel weak, or have gastro-enteritis, headache, diarrhea and loss of appetite you should see a doctor.
What happen if cholera is left untreated?
Generally, a person will produce between 10-20 liters of diarrhea and vomit per day until death from dehydration.
Drinking or eating something that has cholera bacterium (vibrio cholerae) in it.
It spreads in dirty water. Cholera is still a serious disease in the slums of India.
The causative organism is Vibrio cholerae.
IT IS A CONTAGIOUS DESEASE THAT INFECTS THE SMALL INTESTINE BY CONTAMINATION BY THE PATHOGEN VIBRIO CHOLERAE IN WATER AND FOODS.
Cholera is caused by a germ known as vibrio cholerae. This germ produces a powerful poison or endotoxin. The disease is spread by flies and water contaminated by the germs. This is a disease that affects the intestinal track. Please read the related link below.
Vibrio Cholerae
What are the symptoms of cholera?
Vomiting, few times fallowed by profuse watery diarrhoea are the symptoms of the cholera. Typically there is rice water stool. There is no fever and there is no pain in the abdomen, during defecation.
if the correct treatment and vaccines are taken than cholera can be cured
According to the World Health Organization
Cholera is an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. It has a short incubation period, from less than one day to five days, and produces an enterotoxin that causes a copious, painless, watery diarrhea that can quickly lead to severe dehydration and death if treatment is not promptly given. Vomiting also occurs in most patients."
Cholera is an infection that affects the small intestine. It results in watery diarrhea. The primary treatment for cholera is hydration.
Where in Edinburgh was the cholera hospital in 1866?
It appears to have been in Surgeon's Square (Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, Volume 82 P 89)
What is quantity of oral rehydration fluid to take when treating cholera?
That is a very good question. You can very easily overload the patient with intravenous fluids. You can not overload the patient with the oral rehydration fluid. Even when you used to give the 'Old ORS' to the children, you could never overload them. The feeding of hyper tonic fluid induce the intense desire for water and the problem is solved after drinking the water. This has been the long standing experience of the contributor, but then the scientific study need to be done by experts on this important issue.
What are the causative agents of cholera and the methods of spreading for the diseases?
Cholera is caused by eating food or drinking water containing the bacteria Vibrio cholerae.
What are the antibiotics used to treat cholera?
The most convenient cure for cholera is preventing it from occurring in the first place. If a person is infected, the cure for cholera involves treatment with fluid replacement and possibly antibiotics. If treatments for cholera are started in a timely manner and in adequate volumes, a cure for cholera is possible in greater than 99% of cases.
3 What did the miasma model of disease propose as the cause for cholera?
It proposed that cholera was caused/spread by bad vapours in the air.
Did Thomas Edison find a cure for cholera?
No, Thomas Edison did not find a cure for cholera. Edison was primarily an inventor and businessman known for his work in electricity and telecommunications. Cholera, a bacterial disease, has been addressed through advances in sanitation, vaccination, and antibiotics, but these developments occurred well after Edison's time and were not connected to his work.
How many people died of cholera in the revolutionary war?
No one. Cholera was unknown to the western world prior to the 1820s. Cholera did not strike the United States until 1832.
What type of audience watched a court for king cholera?
I think you've misunderstood the question. A court for King Cholera is a picture by Punch Magazine in 1852. The picture is in the related link
Did cholera have a cure in the 18 th century?
no they didn't but they thought they did but they was all really ridiculous for example sugar and onions mashed with nettles!
What is the most defensive weapons against vibrio cholera?
antibiotics. you can find the answer on GOOGLE.
Is vibrio cholerae a bacterium organism?
Yes, Vibrio Cholerae is a bacterium organism that is not good for you.
Cholera is a type of gastroenteritis, which comes in epidemic and the loose motion is characteristically rice water type. It may kill the patients in very short time, if not treated promptly and effectively.
cholera is a disease that thrives in groundwater, it took an awful lot of lives in the Oregon trail because people would run out of water and drink the contaminated groundwater that they could dig up.
