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Q: Why does India have so many cases of cholera?
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Is cholera eradicated from India?

Cholera is not eradicated from the India. It is not possible to eradicate the cholera from India, in near future. Cholera is maintained in the community with many subclinical cases. Some of the people develop the severe form of cholera. With the majority people living in the villages and slums, they do not have access to good medical care. So many people die of dehydration, in isolated incidences.


How does cholera affect the world?

Every year about 60,000 to 120,000 people die of cholera. For one such death, there are 99 cases of cholera in the society. That makes tremendous mortality and morbidity for such a preventable disease.


How does a cholera vaccination make you immune to cholera?

In cholera vaccination you are injected the dead cells of cholera. So you get antibodies to cholera. This vaccine is not very effective. The protection rate is some where 50 to 60 % only. So you can not keep faith on the vaccine for protection from cholera.


How to make the diagnosis of cholera?

Cholera comes in epidemic. The profuse watery diarrhoea with rice water stool is almost diagnostic of cholera. You can confirm the diagnosis by culture of the vibrio cholerae bacteria from the stool of the patient. So many times you get isolated patients with painless watery diarrhoea. You make diagnosis of a cholera like syndrome in such cases. Such patients usually readily respond to tablet furazolidone 100 mg four tablets stat and then two tablets three times a day. Many times the loose motion stops suddenly after the first dose only.


How did John Snow use a map to prove his theory?

John Snow used a map to plot the locations of cholera cases in London during the 1854 outbreak. By doing so, he was able to identify a concentration of cases near a particular water pump on Broad Street. His analysis helped identify the contaminated water source and supported his theory that cholera was waterborne.


What happens when you breathe cholera?

You will not get the cholera by breathing the cholera bacilli. They can infect the gut only. You may get immunized to cholera. But immunity to cholera is short lasting and is not very effective as well. By injecting dead cholera bacilli you get the immunity for cholera.


Why is there no vaccine for cholera?

As of June 2014, there are two types of vaccine for cholera. The first is Dukoral which is available in more than 60 countries worldwide and the second is ShanChol, which is available in India but is pending WHO approval.


What are the effects of communalism in India?

The effects of communalism in India are so many and have had a great impact in the country affairs. The most significant effect is the stagnated development. These is what triggers the frequent riots, cases of discrimination and much more.


How many people died from cholera in the past 10 years?

Worldwide cholera affects 3-5 million people and causes 100,000-130,000 deaths a year as of 2010. So if Cholera has effected 3-5 million deathins in a year tome 5 million to 10 which equals 50 million so 50 million people have died of cholera in the past 10 years. From Sian xx


Is cholera still a threat?

Even to day also cholera kills about 60,000 to 120,000 people annually. Mostly the children. Cholera vaccine is not very effective. So cholera is going to be threat for ever. It is one of the biological weapon, which can be used in wars, to kill the 'Humanity'.


What part of your body does cholera affect?

Cholera is an infection of the small intestine that causes a largeamount of watery diarrhea. So basically the small intestine.


How could cholera kill you?

Cholera was a deadly disease that appeared in 1861 during the Civil War. Many soldiers and other citizens died immediately overnight if they had the disease called Cholera because it was so deadly. There was no type of medicine or cure to help save their dangered lives. Poor soldiers' and citizens' lives were lost because of Cholera.