{"id":1085,"date":"2019-12-02T06:23:39","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T06:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2020-01-02T17:00:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T17:00:11","slug":"cholera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/diseases\/cholera\/","title":{"rendered":"Cholera"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Cholera<\/strong> is a diarrheal disease caused by a bacterium.\u00a0Cholera is spread among other things with contaminated water or food.\u00a0The disease is usually found in countries with poorly functioning water and wastewater treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a\u00a0drinkable <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">vaccine\u00a0for cholera<\/span>, but you usually only need vaccination if you are going to stay long in areas where the disease is common.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When should I seek care?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Seek medical attention immediately if you have any of the following <strong>symptoms of cholera<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Water-thin diarrhea that makes you very tired and weak.<\/li><li>High fever and freezing.<\/li><li>Severe abdominal pain or recurrent vomiting.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Symptoms of cholera<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It usually takes a few days to a week from the time you become infected to get sick.\u00a0<br>Those who have become infected with <em>cholera<\/em> get\u00a0water-thin diarrhea\u00a0and you quickly lose large amounts of fluid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So does cholera<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The infection is spread among other things with contaminated water or with food that is not properly cooked or fried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Treatment for cholera<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who have lost large amounts of fluid must quickly replace the fluid loss in order not to become dehydrated.&nbsp;Often it is enough that you are treated with fluid replacement, which you drink.&nbsp;If you need to seek care and are very dehydrated, you get fluid directly into your bloodstream through drip.&nbsp;Sometimes you can get treatment with antibiotics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cholera is a diarrheal disease caused by a bacterium. Cholera is spread among other things with contaminated water or food. The disease is usually found in countries with poorly functioning water and wastewater treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1472,1390],"tags":[1532,1534],"class_list":["post-1085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diseases","category-stomach-and-intestine-infection","category-stomach-and-intestine","tag-cholera","tag-treatment-of-cholera"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1085"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2520,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085\/revisions\/2520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}