Ebola
Symptoms
Some of the symptoms include Pain areas in the abdomen, chest, and muscles
Chills, dehydration, fatigue, fever, loss of appetite, malaise, and/or sweating
Diarrhea ,nausea, Coughing blood and mental confusion
Causes
Immune cells involved in immune response
Patients who recovered had higher levels of activated T cells in their blood and had certain variants of a gene that codes for surface proteins that white blood cells use to communicate, also, there is a protein produced by platelets that could be part of the body’s attempt to repair damaged blood vessels.
How Ebola replicates
- The virus attaches to the cell
- The virus penetrates the cell membrane and injects its' own DNA
- DNA makes it into the nucleus and tells the cell to start making more copies of the virus
- Cell starts making more cells
- Cell is full of virus' and cell explodes releasing all the virus
Treatment
Though there is no cure when having Ebola you can treat some of the symptoms by Providing Intravenous (IV) Fluids and balancing electrolytes. Maintaining Oxygen and blood pressure. Medications to control fever, and help the blood clot, and prevent secondary infections from bacteria.
Prevention
- Avoiding contact with blood and body fluids
- practice careful hygiene
- don't touch people with Ebola
- wearing protective clothing in the wilderness
- don't touch objects that have touched people with Ebola