Ebola also known as hemorrhagic fever (EHF) is a disease of humans nadia
other primate caused by an ebola virus. #symptoms are; two days to
three weeks after contracting the virus, fever, sore throat, muscle
pain, bleeding internal and external and headache. One can #acquire
ebola through #blood, #bodily fluids. #fruit #bats are believed to carry
and speak through virus without bein affected. #malaria, #cholera, and
other #hemorrhagic fevers are related disease to #Ebola.Prevention includes decreasing the spread of disease from infected
animals to humans. This may be done by checking such animals for
infection and killing and properly disposing of the bodies if the
disease is discovered. Properly cooking meat and wearing protective
clothing when handling meat may also be helpful, as are wearing
protective clothing and
washing hands
when around a person with the disease. Samples of bodily fluids and
tissues from people with the disease should be handled with special
caution.
No specific treatment for the disease is yet available.
Efforts to help those who are infected are supportive and include giving either
oral rehydration therapy (slightly sweet and salty water to drink) or
intravenous fluids. The disease has a high risk of death, killing between 50% and 90% of those infected with the virus.EVD was first identified in
Sudan (now
South Sudan) and the
Democratic Republic of the Congo. The disease typically occurs in outbreaks in tropical regions of
sub-Saharan Africa. From 1976 (when it was first identified) through 2013, the
World Health Organization reported a total of 1,716 cases. The largest outbreak to date is the ongoing
2014 West African Ebola outbreak, which is affecting
Guinea,
Sierra Leone,
Liberia and
Nigeria. As of 26 August 2014, 3,069 suspected cases resulting in the deaths of 1,552 have been reported.Efforts are under way to develop a
vaccine; however, none yet exists
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