What are the symptoms of cholera and jaundice and prevention of cholera and care of cholera.

Question

Hi,

The symptoms of cholera are as follows:

- Rice watery stools

-Vomitting

- Dry tongue

-Thirst

- Loss of skin elasticity

- Muscle cramps

- Restlessness
Please follow these preventive measures:

- Follow personnel hygiene measures like washing hands before eating food and eating in clean plates.
- Keep the toilets clean ; use disinfectant liquids like harpic, etc to clean the toilets.
- Drink only purified water or boiled and cooled water.
- Wash hands thoroughly with soap after attending to your nature calls.
- Keep the surroundings of the house clean.
- Keep all the cooked food and eatables in covered vessels to prevent flies sitting on them.

The symptoms of jaundice are:
- Fever
- Vomitting 
- Tiredness
- Loss of appetite
- Abdominal pain
- Yellowish discolouration of the conjunctiva, tongue, nail beds, skin and urine.
- Whitish stools.
- Body itching
- Enlargement of the liver and spleen

Sandhya Krishnamurthy · Accepted Answer

Hi,