Ebola symptoms - After the second case of Ebola had been confirmed in another health worker, people are in fear of getting Ebola themselves. Before jumping in on the fear of the Ebola outbreak, it is best to know what exactly Ebola is, what the Ebola symptoms are and what to do once one shows such symptoms.
First off, Ebola is a disease that spreads through the body causing fever and internal bleeding. One can contract Ebola through direct contact with an infected person's blood or saliva. The first Ebola symptom health representatives watch out for is fever, which is why at airports alone temperatures are screened.
The other Ebola symptoms include diarrhea, red eyes, nausea and vomiting, stomach pain or chest pain, coughing, rash, weight loss, bruising and bleeding from external orifices. Due to the face that some of the symptoms of Ebola are the same as the common cold, recognizing the disease is somehow tricky.
"With flu season coming, there are going to be lots of people presenting with fever and weakness and muscle aches and things. But the key is, where they have been? At the present time, most of the people that return from Africa with a fever don't have Ebola - they have something more common, like malaria," stated director of virology and immunology of the University in Halifax, Dr. Todd Hatchette.
So what exactly should one do if they notice the Ebola symptoms mentioned above? It is highly advisable that they immediately seek out medical attention especially if they had visited places in West Africa within 21 days.
Noting that one has visited places like Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea would likely conclude that Ebola symptoms one carries is indeed confirmed as Ebola. Other illnesses that carry the same symptoms would easily be mistaken as Ebola especially with the rising fear of the outbreak in the US following the second case of Ebola in a health worker.
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