Clinical symptoms of cholera?

summary

Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infectious disease caused by Vibrio cholerae infection. Generally, Vibrio cholerae exists in water, which often leads to the entry of Vibrio cholerae into the human body due to the consumption of water contaminated by the patient's feces. This disease belongs to class A infectious disease with high mortality and prevalence, So the harm to individuals and society is great, it is a disease that needs active treatment and prevention, so how to find the disease as soon as possible through the relevant clinical manifestations? Let's talk about it.

Clinical symptoms of cholera?

We know that this is an acute diarrhoeal infectious disease, so its symptoms are generally more obvious, and it is more acute. Generally, after being infected by Vibrio cholerae, cholera toxin will be produced in the body, so that the patient will first have abdominal diarrhea without obvious abdominal pain and severe feeling.

Generally, the first diarrhea is yellow water, and soon turns to rice swill water. A few patients have bloody watery stool or tar like stool. After diarrhea, there is no nausea. It is stomach content at first, then water, rice swill. Even if you stop eating, you will have diarrhea.

With severe diarrhea and vomiting, the metabolism of water and electrolytes in the body will be disordered, resulting in deep socket, hoarseness, dry skin shrinkage, elastic disappearance, abdominal depression in boat shape, dry lips and tongue, thirsty for drinking, cold limbs, body temperature often falling below normal, muscle spasm or convulsion and other manifestations of circulatory failure.

matters needing attention

Cholera usually occurs in summer, which can cause human diarrhea, dehydration and even death in a few hours, and it is also infectious. Therefore, active symptomatic treatment is needed after suspected patients or patients are found.