The following symptoms and complaints may indicate cholera:
Leading symptoms
- Nausea (nausea)
- Vomiting of watery stomach contents, bilious, possibly blood admixtures.
- Diarrhea (diarrhea), rice water colored (rice water stool).
- Abdominal pain (abdominal pain)
Due to the extreme and rapid fluid losses, the sick person appears with sunken face, washerwoman hands and “barge belly” – retracted body. A high voice (“vox cholerica”) is also noticeable.