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Cholera
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Also known as: rice-water diarrhoea · Vibrio cholerae · severe diarrhoea · cholera infection · traveller's disease · watery diarrhoea · cholera epidemic
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Your body loses everything. Water, minerals, strength — at a speed that is life-threatening. The gut empties itself uncontrollably, the body dries out, the circulation collapses. Cholera is one of the most brutal infectious diseases in human history — it has devastated entire regions, killed millions, and still does in parts of the world today.
Medically, cholera is a bacterial infection caused by Vibrio cholerae, transmitted through contaminated water. The treatment is clear: fluid replacement, electrolytes, antibiotics in severe cases. This is the level that counts first — and that must never be bypassed with this condition.
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