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Find out what zinc is and what it does in your body, what foods provide it, and about zinc supplements.

Find out what zinc is and what it does in your body, what foods provide it, and about zinc supplements.

Cholera patients should be evaluated and treated quickly with Rehydration therapy, Antibiotic treatment, and Zinc treatment.

Cholera is an acute, diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae and is spread by ingestion of contaminated food or water.

A review of clinical features of multiple patients who are part of a suspected outbreak of acute watery diarrhea can be helpful in identifying cholera because of the rapid spread of the disease.

Children who received zinc supplementation had 8 fewer hours of diarrheal illness and 10% less diarrheal stool volume, on average.

An evidence-based summary for you to share with your health care provider about natural products and flu/colds. From NIH’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.

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