Question

Explain why a mixture of glucose and sodium is an effective treatment for cholera.

Answer 1

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Cholera:-

It is a bacterial disease that causes severe diarrhoea and dehydration. It is usually spread through contaminated water.

A mixture of glucose and sodium is an effective treatment of cholera because in cholera patient have severe diarrhoea due to which patient becomes dehydrated and in this case mixture of glucose and sodium is an effective treatment because glucose Increases the uptake of sodium and thus water by the intestines and due to this uptake of water by the intestines, diarrhoea stops and patient becomes hydrated.

So, mixture of glucose and sodium is an effective treatment for cholera patient as it treats dehydration by correcting the fluid and electrolytes level in the body.