A 45-year-old member asked:
What is the symptoms of cholera?
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Dr. Larry Lutwickanswered
Infectious Disease 51 years experience
Watery diarrhea: Cholera causes variable amount of watery (rice water) diarrhea which can be severe enough to cause rapid dehydration. Vomiting can occur but fever is not prominent.
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 27 years experience
No sx's to severe sx: The majority of people with cholera have no significant symptoms. It is estimated to affect 3 to 5 million people & to cause > 100,000 deaths per year world-wide. 5 to 10% have severe illness with symptoms/ signs of abdominal pain, watery diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, leg cramps,lethargy, dehydration and electrolyte imbalances.
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Dr. Geoffrey Rutledgeanswered
Internal Medicine 39 years experience
The symptoms of Cholera include:: Abdominal pain, Dehydration, Fever, Severe diarrhea, Vomiting, Coma.
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 27 years experience
That depends: they may be negligible to severe. 5 to 10% have severe illness with symptoms/ signs of abdominal pain, watery diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, leg cramps, lethargy, dehydration and electrolyte imbalances. Fever doesn't usually play much of a part in Cholera. It is estimated that there are over 100,000 deaths worldwide each year due to Cholera.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
What are the symptoms of cholera I should be looking for?
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Dr. Tarek Naguibanswered
Nephrology and Dialysis 42 years experience
Vomiting, diarrhea: Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea are the symptoms. The problem arises when pt can't keep down antibiotics protracting the illness. Hand washing is very important to interrupt spread.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
What are the symptoms for cholera in americans?
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Dr. Larry Lutwickanswered
Infectious Disease 51 years experience
Same as in anyone: Acute watery (rice water) diarrhea, sometimes with vomitnr, not much fever.
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A 29-year-old member asked:
What are the symptoms of vibrio cholera?
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Dr. Larry Lutwickanswered
Infectious Disease 51 years experience
Watery diarrhea: Many people infected with the cholera bacillus have no symptoms but when symptoms occur the disease is manifest by watery ( rice water ) stools, sometimes with vomiting and little fever.
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