Ebola
Currently there is a severe outbreak in western Africa.
What is it?
Signs and Symptoms
chills and fever
sore throat
severe headache
muscle pain
intense weakness
vomiting
diarrhea
skin rash
organ failure
internal and external bleeding
seizures
brain damage
loss of consciousness
death
having been with a person or around someone with ebola
Body System
nervous
circulatory
digestive
The Ebola virus affects the nervous, circulatory and digestive systems.
high fever
head and muscle ache
severe vomit and diarrhea
People who are sick from this virus have high fevers, head and muscle aches, severe vomiting and diarrhea.
Onset
bodily fluids
sneezing, vomit
14 million cases
spread quickly through families
If you are around someone with Ebola and you get some bodily fluid, like sneezing or vomit, you can get it. Medical workers have gotten Ebola from trying to help people with it. There are 14 million cases. It can spread quickly through families.
Diagnosis
people get symptoms 8-10 days after being with someone with Ebola
looks like different disease
- use blood test
Treatment for this disease/condition
isolation
fluids
oxygen
blood transfusion
Target Population
Western Africa
doesn’t matter male or female
any age
The target population is in Western Africa. It doesn’t matter if you are male or female and can infect any age.
Prognosis
½ people die
- no vaccine yet