Symptoms/Treatment/Prevention – English

PROTECT YOURSELF FROM CONTAMINATION

• Wash your hands with soap before and after taking care of the patient
• Cut your nails

ISOLATE CHOLERA PATIENTS

• Stools, vomit and soiled clothes of patients are highly contagious
• Latrines and patients’ buckets need to be washed and disinfected with chlorine
• Cholera patients have to be in a special ward, isolated from other patients
• CONTINUOUS PROVISION OF NUTRITIOUS FOOD is important for all patients, especially for those with shigella dysentery
• Provide frequent small meals with familiar foods during the first two days rather than infrequent large meals
• Provide food as soon as the patient is able to take it
• Breastfeeding of infants and young children should continue

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