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Cholera (Cause (Most cholera cases in developed countries are a result of…
Cholera
Cause
Most cholera cases in developed countries are a result of transmission by food, while in the developing world it is more often water
Food transmission can occur when people harvest seafood such as oysters in waters infected with sewage
Transmission is usually through the fecal-oral route of contaminated food or water caused by poor sanitation.
Vibrio cholerae (the germ) accumulates in planktonic crustaceans ⟶ oysters eat the zooplankton ⟶ Local people eats the oyster
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Poorly cleaned vegetables irrigated by contaminated water sources are another common source of infection.
Industrial Revolution
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There are a lot of contaminated lakes during the revolution, which made this disease more severe and dangerous
Prevention
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Avoid salads, raw fish, and uncooked vegetables.
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Avoid street food, as this can carry cholera and other diseases.
Symptoms
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Sunken eyes, cold skin, skin elasticity will decrease, and hands and feet will wrinkle within a few hours.
It takes roughly 12 hours to 5 days for a person to have symptoms (After consuming contaminated water or food)
Profuse diarrheas and vomiting of clear fluid. (It start suddenly, half a day to five days after ingestion of the bacteria).
History
Cholera spread across the world from its original reservoir in the Ganges delta in India during the 18th century.
There are six subsequent pandemics of the disease that killed millions of people across all continents.
The current (seventh) pandemic started in South Asia in 1961 and began to spread towards Africa in the 1970s.
The disease began to spread to the Americas since 1991, and now, Cholera is now endemic in many countries.
Suscupt
"In situations where sanitation is severely challenged, such as in refugee camps or communities with highly limited water resources, a single affected victim can contaminate all the water for an entire population."