Pretend yourself to be a disease and answer the following questions accordingly. a) Define yourself b) What do you understand by symptoms? c) What are the different means by which you spread? d) Write two preventive measures against communicable diseases.
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Answer:
a - A bacterial disease causing severe diarrhoea and dehydration, usually spread in water.
Cholera is fatal if not treated right away.
Key symptoms are diarrhoea and dehydration. Rarely, shock and seizures may occur in severe cases.
Treatment includes dehydration, IV fluids and antibiotics.
b- profuse watery diarrhea, sometimes described as “rice-water stools,”
vomiting.
rapid heart rate.
loss of skin elasticity.
dry mucous membranes.
low blood pressure.
thirst.
muscle cramps.
c- A person can get cholera by drinking water or eating food contaminated with the cholera bacterium. In an epidemic, the source of the contamination is usually the feces of an infected person that contaminates water and/or food.
d- Drink and use safe water* ...
Wash your hands often with soap and safe water* ...
Use latrines or bury your feces (poop); do not defecate in any body of water. ...
Cook food well (especially seafood), keep it covered, eat it hot, and peel fruits and vegetables*