Dr. Reeja Tharu
Written by Dr. Reeja Tharu, M.Phil.,Ph.D
Medically Reviewed by The Medindia Medical Review Team  on Nov 04, 2020
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What are the symptoms of Water Borne Diseases?

Symptoms of Water borne diseases depend upon the Infecting Agent.

Symptoms may begin from two to ten days after drinking the contaminated water, and may include diarrhea, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, and low-grade fever.

What should I do if I think I have a water-borne disease?

Consult your doctor as soon as possible, if your illness is severe or prolonged.

Published on Nov 12, 2014
Last Updated on Nov 04, 2020

Comments

minahil.zia Monday, December 17, 2012

i get to much imformation for my work and that's really helpful . thanks

Rahul_Rathi Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Very helpful information I think we should use water purifiers like Kent for making the water clean. so that we can keep the water borne diseases away. It's also our responsibility to keep the water sources clean.

sanjogundale Monday, March 14, 2011

This is not possiable sea water will affect our body and cause for any water desease. In weakness we are using salted water for enery and well recovery of body. Sooo 101% possibility is t sunami [ sea water 0 never effect or not cuase for any water diseases

sundar_hi Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Is there Still any serotype of vibrio cholera? If present which states are prone to get outbreak?

guest Wednesday, January 9, 2008

excellent information wonderful piece of information

guest Thursday, September 3, 2009

ya excellent information but not enough.. because i want some more information.

guest Tuesday, June 29, 2010

fine

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