Video: Defeating Cholera
Defeating Cholera: Part One
In January 1991 epidemic cholera appeared in Peru and quickly spread to other Latin American countries. Cholera has been an important problem for centuries in other
Video: Defeating Cholera
Defeating Cholera: Part One
In January 1991 epidemic cholera appeared in Peru and quickly spread to other Latin American countries. Cholera has been an important problem for centuries in other parts of the world. In recent years, cholera epidemics have occurred in parts of Asia and in many African countries. Now it is a problem in this hemisphere.
Here in Guayaquil, Ecuador, patients with cholera are brought by automobile or ambulance for treatment. By the time this patient reaches the hospital, she had lost 10% of her body weight as diarrhea and vomitous. In this 50 kilogram woman, this amounts to 5 liters. She is in shock and cannot stand or even sit up. Her skin has lost its normal turgor