 | CleverElsie (12)
11/26/2007 | Here's a frightening disease that commonly kills its victims in
one day or less. Yep, that's right. Cholera can appear in
the morning, and its victim can be dead by afternoon. The
mechanism of death is--get ready for this--dehydration from excessive
diarrhea. The disease also causes vomiting and severe stomach
cramps. Luckily, today the disease has been nearly eradicated in
industrialized nations, and for those who do catch it, bodily fluids
can be replaced as rapidly as they're lost by IV.
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