Cholera treatment: easy and timely = fluids + antibiotics

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Bc. Lukáš Tóth
Bc. Lukáš Tóth
Healthcare worker

Treatment focuses primarily on fluid and electrolyte replacement.

Rehydration is therefore number 1.

In mild cases, oral administration is sufficient. More severe cases require intravenous access, i.e. into a vein.

Various products are available (oral rehydration solutions, solutions with minerals, salts and glucose) to replace the loss of electrolytes in case of diarrhea.

The administration of antibiotics is also guided by severity. However, they can shorten the duration of infection and reduce the person's infectiousness.

The disadvantage is that Vibrio cholerae bacteria have developed resistance to some antibiotics, especially in endemic areas.

Although this disease is not much talked about in developed countries, it is a problem in areas at risk. Socio-economic inequality and the lack of access to adequate health care are mainly to blame.

+ The WHO states that with proper and prompt treatment, the mortality rate is below 1%.
Conversely, if treatment is not available, the rate for full-blown severe disease rises to 50%.

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Bc. Lukáš Tóth
Bc. Lukáš Tóth
Healthcare worker
The secondary medical school in Nitra gave me the basis for my career in the field of health and diseases. Thanks to it, I worked for 2 years in the traumatology clinic and outpatient clinic at the Nitra Hospital. Since 2006 I was employed in the emergency medical service, where I stayed until 2017. I completed my bachelor's degree at the University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra in the field of emergency health care. The bachelor's degree allowed me to continue my mission as a paramedic. In the meantime, I got a job at the emergency line 155. I have been working in pre-hospital health care until today. I had an interest in people, health and even diseases in my childhood, which gave me the prerequisite to pursue this topic in adulthood. Studying and acquiring new information in practice provided me with a great basis for writing professional texts, in the form of articles that can be understood by ordinary people. Thus, my interest in the Health Portal has a solid foundation in years of practice and personal interest. Similarly, I am also interested in healthy eating, nutrition and overall healthy lifestyle. I fill my free time with family and sports.
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