Prevention caused by the main pollution water source of cholera is important

Reporter Gu Yong

On the evening of July 9, the Wuhan Wuchang District Disease Control Center received a hospital report that there was a case of infectious diarrhea in Wuhan University, mainly vomiting and diarrhea, accompanied by low heat, and serotics condensation test was O139 positive. After reviewing the provincial and municipal third -level disease control centers, the serum science condensation test of this case is O139 positive, diagnosed with cholera, and the toxic gene is negative. Patients have been effectively diagnosed and treated, and their condition has been controlled and the symptoms have disappeared.

The cholera that many people smell the color change, which belongs to the disease of Class A infection in my country, after the plague, so it is also called "No. 2 disease". Although cholera has disappeared for a long time in Volkswagen's sight, it has not completely eliminated. The reporter read the statistical table of death in the national statutory infectious disease report in 2020. At that time, there were 11 people in the country's choice, but there were no cases of death.

What is the disease of cholera? How did it become a Class A infectious disease? Jiefang Daily · Shangguan Journalists interviewed Gao Xiaodong, a doctor infected by Zhongshan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University.

The "famous" cholera in the history of human infection is an acute diarrhea infectious disease caused by the contaminated by cholera in food or water. Due to the poor war and poor sanitary conditions, cholera has caused seven major popularity around the world.

After the founding of my country in China, the medical conditions have significantly improved, and the choice has gradually dropped to low, but cholera is not away from this. Gao Xiaodong told reporters that cholera was mainly caused by pollution water sources. The transmission approach was the same as that of other intestinal diseases.

What are the symptoms of cholera? Experts explain that the main symptoms are diarrhea and vomiting. Diarrhea was the most severe on the first 2nd and ended after 4-6 days. If it is not treated, there will be continuous diarrhea even if you no longer eat. Lost a lot of water and electrolytes in the body, dehydration, potassium deficiency sodium deficiency, muscle spasm, acid poisoning, etc., even shock and acute renal failure, leading to death. If cholera is not active, the mortality rate is high. However, as long as the proper fluid is given, the mortality rate of patients with heavy cholera can be reduced from more than 10%to 0.5%.

The choice is listed as a category of infectious diseases with ceiling and plague in my country. Gao Xiaodong said that smallpox has disappeared, and the plague and cholera always occasionally occur. Although it has not caused great popularity, it is also reminded that humans should pay attention to water sources and maintain hygiene to avoid diseases from the mouth.

For ordinary travelers, go to the local pop region of cholera, and should also keep in mind the following preventive measures: do not drink tap water, do not eat street foods, do not eat raw or cooked seafood and raw vegetables, water or iodine can be treated, filtering, filtering, filtering Or drink after boiling.

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