CHOLERA:

CAUSE:

• Cholera is a very infectious disease, generally erupt in epidemic form, during rainy seasons or after floods in any region and water food stuffs become contaminated.

• The bacterium VIBRIO COMMA enters through digestive tract and causes this disease.

SYMPTOMS:

• Vomiting.

• Severe diarrhea.

• Severe dehydration.

• Loss of minerals.

• Increased acidity in the patient blood.

SOURCES:

• Faeces of infected person.

• Contaminated water and food.

PROCESS:

• Cholera’s bacteria are passed out of the body of an infected person through their faeces.

• If the faeces contaminate that water, which is used for drinking, washing food etc, then the BACTERIUM can get in to another person’s body and cause cholera.

• The pathogenic bacteria produce a toxin, which affects the digestive system and cause severe diarrhea, which may leads to death.

PRECAUTIONS / CONTROL:

• The severity of the disease can be controlled with the intake plenty of water with ORS salt, which speeds up the rate of water absorption in intestine.

• Active immunization of population by the cholera vaccine.

• Faeces of the patient should be disposed off properly.