Treatment of cholera

Treatment of cholera

Most cases of cholera can be successfully treated by oral rehydration, which is to give the person water and electrolytes orally, because of the rapid occurrence of drought and electrolyte depletion. Oral rehydration therapy is very effective, safe and easy to apply.

Header text glucose sodium potassium Chloride Al-Qaeda
Example G / 100 ml Mmol / l Mmol / l Mmol / l Mmol / l
WHO approved fluid 2 90 20 80 30
Bidialite solution 2.5 45 20 35 30

But in severe cases of illness, in severe droughts, in this case intravenous fluids are needed. All patients, especially children, must be monitored by recording the amounts of fluid a person consumes and the amounts he or she loses.

A person should be fed and fed to the food as quickly as possible, to reduce the risk of malnutrition due to illness, and the introduction of food does not affect the path of the disease and does not increase the duration of diarrhea, so the introduction of food is necessary.

Antibiotics are also added To reduce the duration of the disease, reduce the period of secretion of bacteria in bacteria, and also reduce the need for fluids, and the antibiotics that are selected are tetracycline and doxycycline and the dose is 50 mg / kg / day.

Cholera is a contagious disease that is transmitted by a bacteria called the vibrio cholera. It is transmitted by means of drinks and food contaminated with the faeces of people infected with the disease. This disease causes the patient to suffer from very severe diarrhea. Treatment is based on providing fluid to the patient. Sterilization of water used in drinking.