In this interview with MOTUNRAYO JOEL,
the National Chairman, Association of Public Health Physicians of
Nigeria, Dr. Tanimola Akande, talks about cholera and the current
outbreak affecting some parts of the country
What are the symptoms of cholera?
Cholera is a form of gastroenteritis
caused by Vibrio Cholera bacteria. The patients with cholera present
with profuse passing of watery faeces and vomiting which may be
accompanied with fever. Such patients lose body fluids rapidly and
become dehydrated and therefore have body weakness. The first case may
not be recognised as cholera since some other gastroenteritis can
present that way but as soon as many more cases are recorded within a
short time, a high suspicion of cholera should be made.
