Recently,
Wuhan University cases of cholera have been widely concerned by the public.
What is cholera?
How to prevent cholera?
On July 13,
Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Physician Huang Jun from the Institute of Acute Infectious Disease Prevention and Control was interviewed
Answers to hot issues related to cholera
01 What is cholera?
Cholera is an acute intestinal infectious disease caused by Vibrio cholerae of O1 group or O139 group . Typical cases have severe watery diarrhea as the main symptom, which can cause dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, etc. in a short period of time, but mild cases are more common. It is common and carriers without clinical manifestations exist.
02 How can the public prevent it and what are the precautions?
The source of infection of cholera is patients or carriers. It is transmitted through the fecal-oral route, mainly through water, food and close contact in daily life., that is, through drinking or eating water or food contaminated by Vibrio cholerae, contact with cholera patients or It is spread through items contaminated by the feces or vomit of carriers, and by eating food contaminated by flies.
Therefore, the main way to prevent cholera is to "guard your mouth" to prevent the disease from entering through the mouth. Do five things you want and five things you don’t want.
Five essentials: Wash your hands before eating and after using the toilet, cook seafood you buy, heat food between meals, separate raw and cooked food, and seek medical attention if you have symptoms.
Five Don’ts: Do not drink unboiled water, do not patronize unlicensed restaurants, do not eat rotten food, Overeating is not advisable, and do not touch unsterilized (cholera contaminated) items.
It is understood that sporadic cholera cases have been reported in our country in recent years. According to data released by the National Administration of Disease Control and Prevention , 16, 11, and 5 cholera cases were reported nationwide in 2019, 2020, and 2021, respectively. There were no deaths. Guangxi carries out surveillance of cholera cases every year, and no local cholera cases have been found since 2002. Modern medicine has mature treatment methods for cholera, which can be prevented, controlled and cured. It should be noted that summer is the season of high incidence of intestinal infectious diseases, so prevention is very important.
Source: WeChat public account "Wuzhou Disease Control" (ID: wzscdc)
Editor: Wang Zhiying Proofreading: Liang Lingfeng
Review: Li Ling
