Question 1

can fever occur during the immune reponse to the cholera bacteria?

Accepted Answer

It can: But fever during cholera infection tends not to be prominent.

Question 2

how does cholera spread among humans?

Accepted Answer

Contaminated water: Cholera bacteria are passed by swallowing them. Almost always it occurs when feces of infected people contaminates drinking water. With normal hygiene in the home and in your community, you are not at risk of cholera.

Question 3

what is the cause of cholera in south asia?

Accepted Answer

Same as always: The organism...Vibrio cholera, usually serotype o1, spread thru contaminated water.

Question 4

what is cholera? what does it do to the body?

Accepted Answer

Cholera: Cholera is an intestinal  bacterial infection by Vibrio cholerae.  Contaminated water. Is often the source of infection. It can lead to severe watery diarrhea,dehydration &amp; potentially to death.

Question 5

what are the safest home remedies for cholera?

Accepted Answer

There may not be: Cholera is a bacteria called vibrio cholera.It likes alkaline pH i.e. Acid stops its growth (like cola and limeade). But you need a stomach and intestine that handle them. Unfortunately, these patients vomit a lot. The main treatment is antibiotics. Washing vegetables in acidic solutions like permenganate is used in areas of epidemics. Hand washing is a must to stop transfer of bacteria to mouth.

Question 6

what are the symptoms of cholera early in disease?

Accepted Answer

Early symptoms.: Nausea, vomiting,  watery -diarrhea, thirst, muscle cramps, dry mucous membranes, rapid pulse &amp; low blood pressure.

Question 7

if i'm traveling to uganda, how worried should i be about cholera?

Accepted Answer

Cholera Risk: "Cholera vaccine is not generally recommended, though cholera is reported (see "Recent outbreaks" below), because most travelers are at low risk for infection. " vaccines, where available, are recommended only for high-risk individuals, such as relief workers, health professionals, and those traveling to remote areas where cholera epidemics are occurring and there is limited access to medical care

Question 8

why the predicted cholera outbreaks never materialise after floods?

Accepted Answer

They do: They sometimes do.  The best example is the recent devastating outbreak in haiti that killed almost 10, 000 people.  The thing about cholera is that it has to start with someone who has it.  Flooding is not enough.  In the case of the haitian outbreak, the source is felt to have been infected un peacekeepers from nepal stationed along the artibonite river.

Question 9

is it bad luck or bad genes that made me develop cholera?

Accepted Answer

Neither: You must have travelled to an area wihere this infectious disease is prevalent.
You are a victim of lack of basic sanitation and water treatment facilities, liklely in a poor country with a large population.
There is no genetic predisposition and any one can be infected.

Question 10

what is the treatment for cholera in tropics?

Accepted Answer

Same as anywhere: Rehydration...Rehydration...Rehydration.  Antibiotics like Doxycycline can be helpful but the most important discovery in cholera therapy was that oral rehydration works....

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