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Cholera! pbs :D - 0 views

www.pbs.org/...cholera_11-19.html HaitiCholera Period 7
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  • outbreak of the deadly disease, cholera, has claimed the lives of
  • 0 Haitians with more than 18,000 cases reported in recent weeks.
  • Cholera victims await treatment in Haiti, where the disease has broken out due to a lack of sanitation and clean water following a de
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  • disease
  • sease has broken out due to a lack of sanitation and clean water following a de
  • While cholera is a disease not common in Haiti, researchers have traced this outbreak to a strain of bacteria identical to one found in South Asia.
  • eports of cholera cases in the Dominican Republic and Florida
  • of cholera include diarrhea, high fever, vomiting and dehydration
  • Symptoms
  • poor living conditions
  • its population of 10 million.
  • The government has launched a country-wide radio and television campaign encouraging Haitians to wash their hands and avoid contaminated water sources.
  • Contaminated water is a main culprit in transmitting cholera.
  • top priority in halting this crisis.
  • riots in two northern cities, Cap-Haitien and Port-de-Paix
  • Protestors are furious with a U.N. delegation from Nepal who they believe introduced this specific strand of cholera to the region.
  • Haiti is being closely monitored, as further crises could send a wave of refugees to the Florida coast.
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Haiti: Cholera Treatment, Prevention, and Vigilance Continue | Doctors Without Borders - 0 views

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  • till significant numbers of patients arriving at the MSF-supported St. Nicholas Hospital in the town of St. Ma
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In Haiti, Capital Braces for a Cholera Outbreak - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • e speed o
  • I’ve heard, and it can kill a person in four hours,
  • with more than 250 deaths and more than 3,100 confirmed cases, has been contained to the central rural regions around the Artibonite River, 60 miles north of the capital. But Port-au-Prince
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Cholera Symptoms, Treatment, Signs, Prevention, Vaccine, History and Causes on Medicine... - 0 views

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  • Cholera is most likely to be found and spread in places with inadequate water treatment, poor sanitation, and inadequate hygiene
  • Shellfish eaten raw have been a source of cholera
  • The disease is not likely to spread directly from one person to another; therefore, casual contact with an infected person is not a risk for becoming ill.
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Cholera Symptoms, Causes, Treatment - What are cholera symptoms and signs on MedicineNet - 0 views

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  • Approximately one in 20 (5%) infected persons will have severe disease characterized by profuse watery diarrhea, vomiting, and leg cramps.
  • What is the treatment for cholera?
  • Patients can be treated with oral rehydration solution, a prepackaged mixture of sugar and salts to be mixed with water and drunk in large amounts. This solution is used throughout the world to treat diarrhea. Severe cases also require intravenous fluid replacement. With prompt rehydration, fewer than 1% of cholera patients die.
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