21 Facts about Ebola
Why does ebola struck people with fear? It comes with a good reason. The fact that ebola has up to 90% chance of killing you is scary enough.
@healthbiztips by Arlene Gentallan
Knowing more about ebola disease and how to prevent it is vital to at least lessen the stigma attached to it.
21 Facts about Ebola
1. Ebola is a deadly disease that it kills more than 50% of the people it has infected.
2. Ebola is not an airborne disease which means it does not spread through the air.
3. You can get infected with ebola virus by direct contact with infected body fluids such as blood, breast milk, and semen.
4. You can also get infected from contact with an object contaminated with infected fluids.
5. Portal of entry of ebola virus are cuts in skin, and mucus membranes such as the nose and mouth.
6. Symptoms of ebola start to appear as early as 2 days or as late as 3 weeks (21 days) after contact with an infected fluid.
7. Common symptoms of ebola includes headache, fever, sore throat, muscle pain, joint pain, diarrhea, vomiting, stomachache, loss of appetite, red eye, cough, sore throat, difficulty breathing, difficulty swallowing, rashes, and bleeding.
8. Ebola can cause internal and external bleeding, kidney and liver damage, ultimately, multiple organ failure.
9. Ebola closely mimic and can be mistaken as other disease like typhoid fever, malaria, meningitis, hepatitis, cholera, and dengue.
10. Currently, there is only supportive care for ebola but no specific treatment. Supportive treatment for ebola includes rehydration, maintaining normal blood pressure, alleviating symptoms, and treating complications.
11. There is a vaccine to help prevent ebola. It's the rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola vaccine.
12. Ebola is also known as ebola virus disease (evd) and formerly known as ebola hemorrhagic fever (ehf).
13. Fruit bats are carrier of ebola virus but they do not get sick from ebola.
14. Ebola can infect primates like apes, chimpanzees, gorillas, and monkeys, as well as forest antelopes and porcupines.
15. You can get ebola if you eat the meat of an infected animal.
16. Ebola was discovered in 1976 in the outbreaks in Nzara (South Sudan) and in the village of Yambukuin in Zaire (known today as the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
17. Ebola was named after the Ebola River, a river near the village of Yambuku. Although ebola was discovered in the village of Yambuku, it was named after the nearby river to prevent stigma being from attached to the village.
18. Ebola virus is from the family Filoviridae, genus Ebolavirus.
19. Early response to an ebola outbreak is essential to control the spread of the disease.
20. The approach used to control ebola involves "community engagement, early case detection and diagnosis, comprehensive contact tracing, prompt patient
isolation, supportive clinical care, and rigorous infection
control, including safe burial.
21. Ebola resulted to over 11,000 deaths out of over 28,000 infected from 2013 - 2016 in West Africa.
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| 21 Facts about Ebola |
@healthbiztips by Arlene Gentallan
Knowing more about ebola disease and how to prevent it is vital to at least lessen the stigma attached to it.
21 Facts about Ebola
1. Ebola is a deadly disease that it kills more than 50% of the people it has infected.
2. Ebola is not an airborne disease which means it does not spread through the air.
3. You can get infected with ebola virus by direct contact with infected body fluids such as blood, breast milk, and semen.
4. You can also get infected from contact with an object contaminated with infected fluids.
5. Portal of entry of ebola virus are cuts in skin, and mucus membranes such as the nose and mouth.
6. Symptoms of ebola start to appear as early as 2 days or as late as 3 weeks (21 days) after contact with an infected fluid.
7. Common symptoms of ebola includes headache, fever, sore throat, muscle pain, joint pain, diarrhea, vomiting, stomachache, loss of appetite, red eye, cough, sore throat, difficulty breathing, difficulty swallowing, rashes, and bleeding.
8. Ebola can cause internal and external bleeding, kidney and liver damage, ultimately, multiple organ failure.
9. Ebola closely mimic and can be mistaken as other disease like typhoid fever, malaria, meningitis, hepatitis, cholera, and dengue.
10. Currently, there is only supportive care for ebola but no specific treatment. Supportive treatment for ebola includes rehydration, maintaining normal blood pressure, alleviating symptoms, and treating complications.
11. There is a vaccine to help prevent ebola. It's the rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola vaccine.
12. Ebola is also known as ebola virus disease (evd) and formerly known as ebola hemorrhagic fever (ehf).
13. Fruit bats are carrier of ebola virus but they do not get sick from ebola.
14. Ebola can infect primates like apes, chimpanzees, gorillas, and monkeys, as well as forest antelopes and porcupines.
15. You can get ebola if you eat the meat of an infected animal.
16. Ebola was discovered in 1976 in the outbreaks in Nzara (South Sudan) and in the village of Yambukuin in Zaire (known today as the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
17. Ebola was named after the Ebola River, a river near the village of Yambuku. Although ebola was discovered in the village of Yambuku, it was named after the nearby river to prevent stigma being from attached to the village.
18. Ebola virus is from the family Filoviridae, genus Ebolavirus.
19. Early response to an ebola outbreak is essential to control the spread of the disease.
20. The approach used to control ebola involves "community engagement, early case detection and diagnosis, comprehensive contact tracing, prompt patient
isolation, supportive clinical care, and rigorous infection
control, including safe burial.
21. Ebola resulted to over 11,000 deaths out of over 28,000 infected from 2013 - 2016 in West Africa.
