CHOLERA, VERY DEADLY!

Since diarrhoea is one of the symptoms of cholera, i was very scared to visit the hospital when i experienced frequent watery stool recently.

The wind of cholera has started blowing in Accra and for that matter the whole country. Lives have been lost and many infected with this dangerous disease.

Vibrio Cholerae’s {V. Cholerae} infection of the small intestine have made eating and drinking very difficult, because the primary transmission of this epidemic disease is through consuming contaminated drinking water or food.

Research has proven that the developed countries {USA}, seafood usually cause’s cholera, while in the developing countries, it is mostly water.

It is for this reason that the Ghana Standard Board and other Health organizations and personnel are warning us to be very cautious of what we take and drink {especially “pure water”}.

If the “dirty water” is the main transmitter of this deadly disease in Ghana, then what should we drink when we are thirsty because we have been made to believe that these have been treated and are pure?

Also, what should we use to mix the only first aid {O.R.S.}, when one realizes that he or she has profuse diarrhoea and vomiting?

If cleanliness is next to Godliness, then filth is next to acquiring of cholera. Therefore, let all Tom, Dick, and Harry help in keeping our surroundings clean, because its through dirty that we acquire cholera and it’s not harmless, but harmful and deadly.

Ekow Aidoo
paanyan7@gmail.com