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What is the difference between cholera and dysentery?

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Dysentery is a term to describe gastroenteritis (inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract) that produces bloody diarrhoea. Commonly this can be due to bacteria like Shigella spp. or amoebas like Entamoeba histolytica. Cholera is a specific disea... read more

Cholera is a specific disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, usually leading to severe, watery diarrhoea. It can be rapidly fatal without treatment due to the sheer volume of fluid loss. Common strains of Vibrio cholerae don’t normally cause bloody diarrhoea due to the excessive water loss, so wouldn’t typically fall under the term ‘dysentery’. read more

As nouns the difference between dysentery and cholera is that dysentery is (pathology) a disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines, especially the colon (large intestine), accompanied by pus (white blood cells) in the feces, fever, pain in the abdomen, high volume of diarrhea, and possible blood in the feces while cholera is cholera (infectious disease). read more

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