What does cholera mean

Update Date: 2023-11-07 Source: Network

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Cholera used to be regarded as a highly infectious disease. If people suffered from cholera, the possibility of survival was very small, and the medical conditions at that time were not very developed. Therefore, many people died of cholera, and that period was the cholera period. Let's talk about the meaning of the huoluan period.

What does cholera mean

First, cholera is a severe intestinal infectious disease caused by Vibrio cholerae. It is an important cause of diarrhea in most parts of Asia and Africa. It is an international quarantine infectious disease. It belongs to class A infectious disease in China. Typical patients with severe diarrhea and vomiting, can cause dehydration, muscle spasm, severe cases lead to peripheral circulation failure and acute renal failure.

Second: generally, mild cases are more common, and there are more carriers, but severe and typical patients can die if they are not treated in time. The incubation period of the disease is short for several hours, the elderly 3-6 days, generally 1-3 days. Classical biotype and O139 Vibrio cholerae cause more serious symptoms; elto biotype Vibrio cholerae cause more mild symptoms, asymptomatic pathogen carriers are also more, typical patients often have sudden onset, a few patients may have dizziness, fatigue or mild diarrhea 1-2 days before onset.

Third: Vibrio cholerae is the pathogen, the source of infection is patients and carriers, water transmission is the most important way. Cholera enterotoxin receptor exists in brush border of intestinal mucosal epithelial cells. The pathogenesis is that a large amount of water and electrolyte are irreversibly combined with gangliosides from the surface.

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During the period of cholera, the number of patients increased greatly, because the speed of transmission of cholera is particularly fast. Once the human body is infected, it will quickly erode every part of the human body. Many patients are dying because they are not treated in time. The period of cholera is a nightmare.