{"id":14228,"date":"2026-08-01T12:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T07:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=14228"},"modified":"2026-08-01T13:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T08:09:12","slug":"cholera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cholera\/","title":{"rendered":"Cholera"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Cholera Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While cholera has nearly disappeared from wealthy countries, it remains one of the world\u2019s deadliest waterborne diseases in places where clean water and basic healthcare are unreliable.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Cholera<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cholera is a disease that is caused by the<\/span><b> bacteria Vibrio cholerae.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cholera can cause<\/span><b> serious diarrhea and dehydration. Without treatment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the disease can be<\/span><b> fatal within hours<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, even in people who are healthy.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Transmission<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People can get cholera by <\/span><b>drinking water or eating food contaminated with cholera bacteria.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The disease is <\/span><b>most common in places with poor sanitation, crowding, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">war, and <\/span><b>famine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Cholera outbreaks are more <\/span><b>common in warm climates.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cholera bacteria also can<\/span><b> live in brackish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (slightly salty) and <\/span><b>coastal waters. Eating raw shellfish <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">like shrimp and crab can be a source of cholera.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cholera is <\/span><b>not likely to spread from person to person or from casual contact<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with someone with cholera.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is often <\/span><b>predictable <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>preventable<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It can ultimately be <\/span><b>eliminated where access to clean water and sanitation facilities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as good hygiene practices, are ensured and sustained for the whole population.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Symptoms:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Most people<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> infected with V. cholerae <\/span><b>do not develop symptoms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but <\/span><b>can spread <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the bacteria through their faeces for 1\u201310 days.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Symptoms appear 12 hours to 5 days after infection.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Most people<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the disease have <\/span><b>mild or moderate symptoms.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>minority <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of patients develop <\/span><b>severe acute watery diarrhoea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>life-threatening dehydration.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Treatment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Treatment for cholera includes<\/span><b> drinking plenty of fluid<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s or <\/span><b>getting intravenous fluids<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to prevent dehydration.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Healthcare providers also <\/span><b>sometimes prescribe antibiotics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like doxycycline, erythromycin, or azithromycin to help you feel better.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Providers also <\/span><b>treat kids<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between the ages of 6 months and 5 years with <\/span><b>zinc supplements.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Antidiarrheal medicines aren\u2019t recommended <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for cholera and could make symptoms worse.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/health\/cholera-still-kills-thousands-each-year-in-places-without-clean-water-its-far-from-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cholera is a disease that is caused by the bacteria Vibrio cholerae. 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