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What does it look like when someone has Ebola?

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What does it look like when someone has Ebola?

Symptoms can seem like the flu at first — sudden fever, feeling tired, muscle pains, headache, and sore throat. As the disease gets worse, it causes vomiting, diarrhea, rash, and bruising or bleeding without an injury, like from the eyes or gums.

How does Ebola infect a person?

How is Ebola spread? Ebola is spread by direct contact with blood or other body fluids (such as: vomit, diarrhea, urine, breast milk, sweat, semen) of an infected person who has symptoms of Ebola or who has recently died from Ebola.

Where is Ebola found in the body?

These areas include the testes, interior of the eyes, placenta, and central nervous system, particularly the cerebrospinal fluid. Whether the virus is present in these body parts and for how long varies by survivor. Scientists are now studying how long the virus stays in these body fluids among Ebola survivors.

What you should know about the Ebola virus?

Vomiting.

  • Diarrhea.
  • Rash.
  • Kidney problems.
  • Liver problems.
  • Bruising.
  • Bleeding,both internal and external,including bloody gums and stool.
  • Lab tests showing low numbers of white blood cells and platelets and high levels of liver enzymes.

    • What can you tell me about the Ebola virus?

    Ebola virus is a class A bioterrorism agent, known to cause highly lethal hemorrhagic fever. The mortality rate can be as high as 90 percent. Because the Ebola virus is so hazardous, it is classified as a biosafety level 4 agent – the level assigned to the most dangerous agents known.

    Which is the scariest virus, Ebola or HIV?

    Creutzfeld-Jakob (the human version of mad cow)

  • Kuru,another prion disease
  • Naegleria,the brain eating amoeba
  • Rabies (untreated—the typical treatment is to administer rabies vaccine after exposure but before the patient starts showing symptoms.

    • What do you need to know about the Ebola virus?

    Travel to areas in Africa where outbreaks have occurred

  • Treat or care for other people with the virus
  • Conduct research on high-risk animals
  • Prepare the bodies of people who have died from Ebola for burial