EBOLA
Ebola is a rare, but serious viral disease. People get Ebola by coming into direct contact with someone who is sick with Ebola. Blood, bodily fluids, and contaminated objects, such as needles, clothing or bedding, can spread the virus. Bodily fluids include urine, feces, saliva, mucus, vomit, breast milk, and semen. It is possible to spread Ebola through sexual contact. Semen and vaginal secretions are among the bodily fluids that can spread the virus. The virus can remain in a man’s semen for up to seven weeks after he has recovered from Ebola. During this time, it is possible for him to give Ebola to his sexual partner. Experts recommend not having sex for seven weeks after recovery and using a condom for any sexual contact during that time. People with Ebola have to have symptoms to spread the disease. Before symptoms develop, people aren’t contagious. You must come into direct contact with bodily fluids after a person exhibits symptoms. Being on an airplane or in an airport with a person infected with Ebola who does not have symptoms is a low-risk situation. This means it’s unlikely that you would acquire the infection. Ebola doesn’t spread easily like a cold or the flu. You can catch a cold or flu from being around a sick person because it spreads through the air. But several things have to happen to catch Ebola. First, the person with Ebola has to have symptoms in order to become contagious to others. Then, you have to touch their blood, bodily fluids, or a contaminated object, such as soiled sheets. The virus has to enter your body through a cut, broken skin, or your eyes, nose, mouth, or other area with mucous membranes. Ebola is not a sturdy germ. Good hygiene, disinfection, and infection-control methods can prevent all the ways Ebola spreads. Internal and external bleeding is the most recognizable symptom of Ebola. But it doesn’t happen to everyone who gets the disease. Early on, Ebola symptoms look a lot like the flu. If bleeding starts, it’s in later stages of the disease or in people who are severely sick. Bleeding from Ebola takes the form of bruising, oozing blood from needles stick sites, bloody noses, and bleeding gums or eyes. Bleeding is rarely life threatening. Currently, there is no cure for Ebola, but people do survive the disease. Getting good supportive medical care early in the disease plays a big role in surviving Ebola. Supportive care includes isolating the patient, giving intravenous fluids and balancing electrolytes, monitoring blood pressure, and maintaining oxygen levels. People who recover from Ebola have antibodies to the disease that protect them for about 10 years.
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