What are the main symptoms of cholera?

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When we have cholera in our life, patients will feel very panic, because we all know the seriousness of cholera. When there is a major disaster, many patients will lose their precious lives because of cholera. Many patients do not have a special understanding of the early symptoms of cholera. Now, let's talk about the symptoms of cholera!

What are the main symptoms of cholera?

Diarrhea is the first symptom of the disease, which is characterized by no sense of urgency, most without abdominal pain, conscious light pleasure after defecation. A few patients have abdominal pain, individual cases may have paroxysmal abdominal colic. The excretion of feces is yellow thin stool at the beginning, and then watery stool, most of which are yellow watery stool. The diarrhea serious person discharges the white turbid "the rice swill" the like stool. If there is intestinal bleeding, the patient will have a watery stool. Most of them were caused by Vibrio cholerae. The frequency of diarrhea ranged from several times a day to dozens of times, and severe cases were fecal incontinence.

Vomiting: usually occurs after diarrhea, without nausea, mostly jet vomiting. The vomitus is food in stomach at first, then water sample. In severe cases, it can also vomit "rice swill", which is similar to feces. No vomiting in mild cases.

Dehydration stage: due to severe vomiting and diarrhea, a large amount of water and electrolytes in the body are lost, resulting in dehydration, electrolyte disorder and metabolic acidosis, and circulatory failure in severe cases. The duration of the disease mainly depends on whether the treatment is timely and correct. It is usually several hours to 2-3 days.

matters needing attention

To cut off the route of transmission, strengthen drinking water disinfection and food management, ensure water safety, and have good sanitation facilities can significantly reduce the risk of cholera transmission. In areas where cholera has not yet invaded and formed a seasonal epidemic, it is the best preparation to formulate an effective plan for cholera control, Long term improvement of water supply and sanitation facilities is the best way to prevent cholera. The excreta of patients and carriers should be thoroughly disinfected. In addition, vectors such as flies should be eliminated.