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Cholera is a disease of acute intestinal tract infection caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, the bacteria enter the body through contaminated food or drink. The bacteria secrete enterotoxin ( poison ) in the intestinal tract so that there is an acute diarrhea accompanied by vomiting and great, consequently a person in just a few days to lose a lot of fluids and get in on. If dehydration is not treated immediately, it will continue towards hypovolemic and metabolic acidosis in a relatively short time and can cause death if treatment is inadequate. Giving ordinary drinking water will not help much, cholera patients requiring intravenous fluids or sugar and salt in the form of intravenous fluid mix of both. The spread of cholera Cholera can spread as an endemic disease, epidemic, or pandemic. Although many large scale studies conducted, but the condition of this disease remains a challenge for modern medicine. Vibrio cholerae bacteria multiply and spread through feaces of man, when...

Cholera is an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. It has a short incubation period, from less than one day to five days, and produces an enterotoxin that causes a copious, painless, watery diarrhoea that can quickly lead to severe dehydration and death if treatment is not promptly given. Vomiting also occurs in most patients. Nursing Diagnosis for Cholera Deficient fluid volume related to excessive fluid loss through the stool or emesis Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements related to loss of fluids through diarrhea, inadequate intake Risk for infection related to microorganisms that penetrate the gastrointestinal tract. Impaired Skin Integrity: perianal, related to irritation from diarrhea Anxiety related to separation from parents, unfamiliar environment, a stressful procedure. Interrupted Family Processes related to crisis situations, lack of knowledge about diseases, treatment of clients.

Vibrio Cholerae Vibrio cholerae (also Kommabacillus) is a gram negative comma-shaped bacterium with a polar flagellum that causes cholera in humans. V. cholerae and other species of the genus Vibrio belong to the gamma subdivision of the Proteobacteria. There are two major biotypes of V. cholerae identified by hemagglutination testing, classical and El Tor, and numerous serogroups. The classical biotype is found only in Bangladesh, whereas the El Tor is found throughout the world. V. cholerae was first isolated as the cause of cholera by Italian anatomist Filippo Pacini in 1854, but his discovery was not widely known until Robert Koch, working independently thirty years later, publicized the knowledge and the means of fighting the disease. (wikipedia)