About cholera, 10 hot Q & A

At 11 o'clock today, the Health and Health Bureau of Wuchang District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province reported that on the evening of July 9, the district's Disease Control Center received a hospital report that there was a case of infectious diarrhea in Wuhan University. Diagnosis is cholera. Patients have been effectively diagnosed and treated, their condition has been controlled, and symptoms have disappeared.

The news quickly received widespread attention. What is cholera? Who is prone to cholera? When will cholera turn high? The reporter found the answer on the official website of the China Disease Prevention and Control Center.

1. What is cholera?

The cholera is an acute intestinal infectious disease caused by the O1 group or O139 group cholera. It has the characteristics of urgency, rapid spread, and wide range. It is also one of the three infectious diseases of international quarantine in the "People's Republic of China".

According to the differences between the bacteria (O) antigen, cholera can be divided into more than 200 O serum groups, but only the O1 and O139 group cholera can cause cholera. O1 group cholera includes two biological types: classical biological types and Erto biological types. Both biological types are divided into three serum types: Inary, Ogawa, and Yandao (rare). O1 and O139 group choice can be divided into strains and non -strains.

2. What is the source of cholera infection?

Patients or fungi with a cholera are the source of cholera.

3. What are the symptoms after infection with cholera?

In most cases, infection only causes mild diarrhea or has no symptoms at all. Typical symptoms are strenuous painless water -like diarrhea, and severe diarrhea a day. After infection, if the treatment is not timely or inappropriate, it will cause severe dehydration and cause death.

4. Who is easy to infect cholera?

The crowd is generally susceptible, and the lack of stomach acid is particularly susceptible.

5. When is it easy to have cholera?

The popularity of cholera in my country is from March to November, and it is a popular peak from June to September.

6. How long is the latent and infected period of cholera?

The incubation period is several hours to 5 days, usually 2 to 3 days. Positive period is contagious, usually a few days after recovery. Occasionally, the infectious period of the carrier lasted for several months. Antibacterial drugs effective for cholera can shorten the infectious period.

7. How to judge whether it is infected with cholera?

There are diarrhea symptoms, especially severe painless water -like diarrhea. You should go to the hospital immediately and do the cultivation examination of cholera. Those who eat with cholera infected or close contact should also collect feces or anal wipes to determine whether the infection. In the choice area or recently, I have been to the cholera epidemic area and diarrhea occurs. You should go to the hospital in time and leave feces for cholera bacterial examination.

8. What should I do after infection with cholera?

The choice is very contagious. Once the infection is found, whether it is light or bacteria, it should be isolated. After the cholera disappears, after stopping antibacterial drugs, those who have not detected cholera can be separated for two consecutive days. After the infection of cholera, not receiving isolation treatment is an act that violates the "Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China". In addition, patients and bacteria should cooperate with the staff of the disease prevention and control center to do a good job of epidemiological survey, the sampling of close contact, and the family at home. Disinfection of the epidemic point.

9. What are the main ways to spread the cholera?

Choispy can be transmitted by drinking or consumption of water or food that is contaminated by the water or food and contact patients, and the contaminated by the fungus, and the food contaminated by flies.

10. How does the public prevent cholera?

The way to prevent cholera is relatively simple. Mainly "take a good mouth" to prevent the disease from the mouth. Do "Five Want and Five" -

Fifth essence: You should wash your hands before meals. When you buy it back to the seafood, you need to cook it.

Fifth, do n’t drink it without cooking, do n’t take care of the unlicensed catering. Do n’t eat rotten food. Do n’t drink overeating. Do n’t touch it.

Source: CCTV, Beijing Daily,@来 网 Quick Watch, China Disease Prevention and Control Center official website

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