Cholera is a bacterial disease that attacks a lot of care as quickly and efficiently if left untreated can lead to death a patient who suffers, is produced by a bacterium called Vibrio cholerae, which is housed in the small intestine causing severe diarrhea.
The most common symptoms of this disease:
* Watery diarrhea, which at first is very liquid and normal color, but with bowel adopts a form of water or grains of rice, becoming colorless and without intestinal pain.
* Uncontrollable nausea and vomiting, which does not give time and in the form of grains of rice.
* As presented with muscle cramps are often painful numbness of the legs, this is due to the loss of potassium that is in the body caused by vomiting and diarrhea.
* The most serious consequence of this disease is the rapid dehydration that the patient suffers from the symptoms mentioned above, it presents a too dry mouth and tongue, thirst, cold sweats, and palpitations.
These visible symptoms manifest themselves as soon as the person is infected, although many are infected and show no symptoms for several days, however it is always necessary to consult with your doctor urgently.
Cholera is a serious disease. Millions of people in Africa died because of this. It should not be take for granted.