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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:
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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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