CHOLERA TREATMENT AND PREVENTION

Infection of cholera can be adequately treated by administering oral rehydration salts to replace the loss of fluids and salts. In severely dehydrated persons it should be given as Intravenous
fluids.

In severe cases; an effective antibiotic treatment can reduce the volume and duration of diarrhea and the period of Vibrio excretion.

Tetracycline is the antibiotic usually given, but resistance to tetracycline is emerging. Tetracycline resistant strains are now treated with Co-trimoxazole, erythromycin, doxycycline, chloramphenicol and furazolidone. Consult your doctor for proper medication.


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PREVENTION:
Sanitary disposal of faeces

Hand washing after defecation,

Pure drinking water,

Uncontaminated food supply (particularly seafood and vegetables)

Sanitary preparation of food in commercial establishments and homes.

Cleanliness are the most effective ways in preventing and controlling outbreaks.

Routine treatment of a community with antibiotics, or "mass chemoprophylaxis", has no effect in controlling the spread of cholera.

Limited stocks of two oral cholera vaccines that provide high-level protection for several months against cholera caused by V. cholerae O1 have recently become available in few countries.


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