Hundreds of people die horribly in Haiti because of cholera. This disease is more prevalent in developing countries which poor in sanitation facilities. How to prevent cholera?
Cholera is caused by the bacterium vibrio cholerae, which attacks the colon and eventually become infected. The lack of clean water makes cholera thrives. Habit of eating raw seafood or not yet ripe, such as shellfish, can also be a trigger. Quted from detik.com and medicine.net, cholera is similar to diarrhea, but more severe or just called acute diarrhea. The signs of cholera are persistent diarrhea, vomiting and leg cramps.
Cholera can be fatal and killing within hours, if patients with extremely rapid release of fluids that make dehydration and shock. Estimated that over 100,000 cases and deaths occur each year.
Prevent cholera since early with :
- Only drink water that has been cooked.
- Use clean water to cook, wash dishes, brush teeth, bathing and washing.
- Be careful if you mix the drinks with ice, make sure the ice not from raw water.
- Do not eat raw meat or undercooked seafood such as shellfish.
- Peel fruit or vegetables before eating them.
- Always wash hands before and after meals.
- Has good drainage so as not contaminate clean water.
Cholera bacteria normally found in water or food source which contaminated by feces of people that affected by cholera. Most cholera bacteria live in areas that have inadequate water treatment, poor sanitation and dirty. For example, water used in toilets, is also used for cooking. Cholera bacteria also live in brackish rivers and coastal waters. Another habit that can cause cholera are eating raw shellfish, this habit is mostly done by people in the coastal areas.
A person may get cholera by drinking or eating something that contaminated by cholera bacteria. These bacteria quickly spread when sewage and water treatment systems are inadequate. A person is not infectious by cholera if only touching. If someone is exposed to cholera infection, the symptoms can appear within a few hours until 5 days. But the symptoms generally appear within 2-3 days.
To test the cholera, doctors must take a stool sample and sent it to a laboratory to look for cholera bacteria. in fact, it is very simple to cure cholera, ie by replacing fluids and salts which lost due to acute diarrhea. Patients can be treated with a solution of sugar and salt, then drink in large quantities. For severe cases, intravenous fluid replacement is needed. Rapid rehydration can suppress less than 1 percent of patients died from cholera.
Currently, there are two oral cholera vaccines are available, Dukoral (produced by SBL Vaccine) which has obtained a license from the WHO for 60 countries and ShanChol (produced by Shantha Biotec of India) which are waiting for WHO prequalification stage.
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