Question

The stool of cholera patients resembles ___________.
A. Anchovy sauce
B. Rice water
C. Apple jelly
D. None of the above

Answer 1

Cholera is the infection caused by the bacteria present in the water. It is the infection of the intestine.

Complete step-by-step answer:
Let's discuss the above options and find the correct answer:
- Anchovy sauce: The patients who suffer from the amoebiasis, the stool of those patients look like an anchovy paste and orange or brown and it is thick.
- Rice water: Due to the continuous liquid bowel movements the stool of cholera patients is a kind of opaque white liquid which is often regarded as the rice water. The patients can also feel abdominal cramps. It has a fishy smell.
- Apple jelly: Tuberculosis is a disease in which the patients suffering from it show a nodular appearance on the skin, nose, eyelids, neck, ears and the neck. It can further be developed into skin ulcer. It starts as reddish-brown nodules but grows into reddish or apple jelly type coloured nodules.
Hence, the correct option is B.

Note: Cholera is an infectious disease which results in the diarrhoea in the liquid form which can lead to dehydration and can also be fatal if not treated early. It is caused by the drinking of the contaminant water by a bacterium known as Vibrio cholerae.