................Cholera...................... Cholera is an acute, diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The infection is often mild or without symptoms, but can sometimes be severe. In these people, rapid loss of body fluids leads to dehydration and shock. Without treatment, death can occur within hours.The cholera bacterium is usually found in water or food sources that have been contaminated by feces from a person infected with cholera. Cholera is most likely to be found and spread in places with inadequate water treatment, poor sanitation, and inadequate hygiene.The disease is not likely to spread directly from one person to another; therefore, casual contact with an infected person is not a risk for becoming ill.It can take anywhere from a few hours to 5 days for symptoms to appear after infection. Symptoms typically appear in 2-3 days. People with blood type O more susceptible to severe cholera. CAUSES......... Vibrio cholerae............. Vibrio cholera bacteria enter the human ecosystem through a variety of routes. The most common entry is through contaminated food or water. Municipal water supplies. Ice made from municipal water. Foods and drinks sold by street vendors. Vegetables grown with water containing human wastes. Raw or undercooked fish and seafood caught in waters polluted with sewage. SYMPTOMS............... Diarrhea. Vomittings. Nausea. Rapid heart rate. Low blood pressure. Muscular cramps. Loss of skin elasticity. Thirst. Dehydration. Headache. Abdominal pain. MANAGEMENT......... Assess for dehydration. Rehydrate the patient, and monitor frequently. Maintain hydration: replace ongoing fluid losses until diarrhoea stops. Feed the patient. DIET IN......... For thirst, the patient should sip water, soda water or green coconut water. Even these may be thrown out by vomiting.Ice may be given for sucking.This will reduce internal temperature and restrict the tendency to vomit.Potassium may be added to the fluids, if there are signs of loss of this mineral.When the stools begin to form, he should be given buttermilk. As he progresses towards recovery, rice softened to semi-solid form, mixed with curd, may be given.The patient should not be given solid food till he has fully recovered. Liquid and bland diet foods are the best. Lemon, onion. Green chillies, vinegar and mint should be included in the daily diet during an epidemic of cholera. Homoeo works amazingly here. You can select on the basis of simlimum with the help of your homoeopathic doctor.Some are considered below... Arsenic alb... respiration becomes slow, deep and gasping and the symptoms of death are appearing. Colchicum... when the abdomen is bloated with wind and flatulence, it will give relief from these symptoms and other symptoms of cholera. Cup met... if any family member is suffering from cholera , then rest of members should take the dose of this medicine for protection against the disease. Ipec... nausea, copious vomitting and sudden profuse rice water like stools, coldness and cramps in the body. Podophy... profuse stool, offensive and gushing. Vert alb... cold perspiration, cramps, rice watery stool.
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