How does cholera typically kill a person so quickly?
A) The fever goes so high as the body tries to defend itself that the organs shut down.
B) The patient becomes so weak that they don't have the energy to breath.
C) Patients quickly dehydrate, and the lack of water and salt balance causes organ failure.
D) With the diarrhea and vomiting being so severe, the patients cannot eat and quickly starve.
E) It's not clear how this happens, because some people recover entirely.
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