Cholera needs to take medication, as well as general measures to regulate.
1. Drug treatment: cholera patients are prone to dehydration, at this time need to follow the doctor’s advice to give oral rehydration salts, if necessary, need to give the patient intravenous infusion of sodium lactate solution, 10% dextrose injection and other solutions. For patients with hypokalemia, potassium citrate, potassium chloride and other potassium agents can be used as prescribed by the doctor.
Patients also need to use antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin, doxycycline, and intestinal mucosal protective agents, such as montelukast, aluminum sulfate, etc. as prescribed by the doctor.
2. General measures: patients with cholera need to take isolation treatment, and need to monitor the patient’s vital signs, as well as hourly fluid loss.
It is suggested that patients need to consult doctor in time and choose appropriate measures under doctor’s guidance. In addition, patients should pay attention to hygiene, wash hands before and after meals, and avoid drinking raw water. In addition, after the disappearance of cholera symptoms, the patient needs to have a fecal culture every other day, and needs to be released from quarantine after two consecutive negative fecal cultures.