It just increased the loss of water as rice water stools. The 'replacement' water did not leave the gut to enter the bloodstream, but just passed through until it left the 'other end'.

They generally took only water by mouth on the day of admission, and ate small snacks on the second day and rice and curry by the third or fourth day. Stool was collected in a graduated bucket ...

One of the main signs is severe diarrhea, often described as "rice-water" stools, leading to rapid fluid loss from the body and potential muscle cramps due to the loss of essential salts and minerals.

A cholera resurgence is occurring in Haiti. We should not wait for cholera to reach U.S. shores before committing to strengthening the public health structures and processes for withstanding ...

Cholera spreads from person to person mainly through contaminated food and water. If somebody has cholera and he’s stooling or vomiting, then the product – either the vomitus or the stool gets ...

Outbreaks of cholera and other water-borne diseases during the monsoon season is not new in Nepal, as thousands of people get infected every year.

Haiti's ministry of health reported a new outbreak of cholera Oct. 2, 12 years after U.N. peacekeepers were linked to an outbreak that killed nearly 10,000.

“The classical appearance of stool in severe cases is described as ‘rice water’ in many cases with mild to moderate cholera, stool is watery but cloudy.

Symptoms of cholera include acute profuse, painless watery diarrhoea (rice water stools) of sudden onset, with or without vomiting. It may be associated with nausea, profuse vomiting, and fever.

As is well known, Prof. Koch and colleagues, sent out last year by the German Government to investigate the cholera in Egypt and India, have ascertained that in the rice-water stools voided by ...

Symptoms of cholera include vomiting, profuse dehydration, and diarrhea (rice water stools), which can lead to death if not properly treated.