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Effects of sex drugs mistaken for cholera in Zambia

Doctors care for patients affected by Cholera at the Heroes stadium on January 15, 2018 in Lusaka, Zambia. Three men have been mistakenly admitted to a cholera centre after taking "sex enhancing" herbs. AFP PHOTO | DAWOOD SALIM

By  BBC

Three men in Zambia have been mistakenly admitted to a cholera centre after taking herbs which reportedly boasted "sex enhancing" qualities, but whose symptoms resembled the deadly disease.

Zambia has been battling with a cholera epidemic since last year which has so far claimed 70 lives, with more than 3,000 cases reported.

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