CHOLERA

It is a disease of the digestive tract caused by a bacterium vibrio comma. The bacterium comes out of the body with faeces of a chelera patient and can contaminate the food with fingers, water and flies that land on the faeces of a cholera patient. Common symptoms are vomiting and diarrhoeal type of motions. The intensity is so severe that in a short time excess loss of minerals and dehydration takes place. If these minerals and water are not restored in to the body immediately, the patient may die, Prevention measures include the use of clean and hygienic food. Food should be kept out of the reach of flies and water should be boiled before use. Faeces of the patient should be properly disposed off to prevent sprea of disease by flies. The disease can be controlled by active immunization of the population by vaccination with cholera vaccine.