is there a cure to cholera?
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sugar(20)gm+salt(5gm) in water
or oral rehydration salt
tetracycine
vaccination is available
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My answer
Yes hot water. Simple and effective. Heatness of hot water kills most cholera germs. Water to prevent hydration. OR you can just have cholera injection or something.
The wikipedia answer.
Treatment
Treatment typically consists of aggressive rehydration and replacement of electrolytes, since the death rate is generally high due to the serious dehydration caused by the illness.
Tetracycline antibiotics may have a role in reducing the duration and severity of cholera, although drug-resistance is occurring, and their effects on overall mortality is questioned.
Prevention
Although cholera can be life-threatening, it is easily prevented. In the United States and Western Europe, because of advanced water and sanitation systems, cholera is not a major threat. The last major outbreak of cholera in the United States was in 1911. However, everyone, especially travellers, should be aware of how the disease is transmitted and what can be done to prevent it.
Simple sanitation is usually sufficient to stop an epidemic. There are several points along the transmission path at which the spread may be halted:
Sickbed: Proper disposal and treatment of waste produced by cholera victims.
Sewage: Treatment of general sewage before it enters the waterways.
Sources: Warnings about cholera contamination posted around contaminated water sources.
Sterilization: Boiling, filtering, and chlorination of water before use.
Filtration and boiling is by far the most effective means of halting transmission. Cloth filters, though very basic, have greatly reduced the occurrence of cholera when used in poor villages in Bangladesh that rely on untreated surface water.
In general, education and sanitation are the limiting factors in prevention of cholera epidemics.
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera
Yes. A)Fluid and Electrolyte replacement
In mild case - Oral rehydration Therapy with glucose -electrolyte solution
In sever case- I.V.Fluids. Antibiotics.
Cholera caused by Vibrio cholarae can be eradicated with a tetracycline most commonly with Doxycycline. As this is a secretory diarrhea fluid and water replacement is necessary until the organisms are eradicated. Pedialyte or gatorade should be sufficient to replace the lost fluids.
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