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Cholera

What Is Cholera? (CDC.com) :

The cholera bacterium is usually found in water or in foods that have been contaminated by feces from a person infected with cholera bacteria. Cholera is most likely to occur and spread in places with inadequate water treatment, poor sanitation, and inadequate hygiene. (CDC.com)

How To Protect & Prevent Yourself:

• All visitors or residents in areas where cholera is occurring or has occurred should follow recommendations to prevent getting sick:

  • Drink only bottled, boiled, or chemically treated water and bottled or canned  beverages. (Make sure the seal has not been broken) Carbonated water may be safer than non-carbonated water.
  • Avoid tap water, fountain drinks, and ice cubes.
  • To disinfect your own water, choose one of the following options:
    • Boil it for 1 minute
    • Filter it and add either ½ an iodine tablet
  • Wash your hands often with soap and clean water, especially before you eat or prepare food and after using the bathroom.
    • Use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol, If no water and soap are available
  • Use bottled, boiled, or chemically treated water to wash dishes, brush teeth, wash and prepare food, and make ice.
  • Eat foods that are packaged or that are freshly cooked and served hot.
    • Do not eat raw or undercooked meats and seafood, or raw or undercooked fruits and vegetables unless they are peeled.
  • Dispose of feces in a sanitary manner to prevent contamination of water and food sources.
• Get Vaccinated

Symptoms:

• Begin To Have Watery Diarrhea
• Constant Vomiting
• Leg Cramps.

  – In these people, rapid loss of body fluids leads to dehydration and shock. Without treatment, death can occur within hours.

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