Ebola virus source
Ebola virus is transmitted from wild animals to humans, the most important bat, chimpanzees and gorillas.
It is also a source of disease: contact with contaminated blood, secretions or infected animals and people with the disease members.
Symptoms of Ebola virus
- Fever, headache
- Pain in the muscles
- Sore throat
- Vomiting and diarrhea
- rash
- Malfunction in kidney function and liver
- Internal and external bleeding
- Decrease in the number of white blood cells and platelets
- Increase in liver enzymes secretion rates
Treatment of Ebola
Accreditation is not even on the day of the vaccine or antidote for Ebola, but patients are provided with rehydration fluids through intravenous Ouan through the mouth.
Prevention of Ebola
For people who come into contact directly animals must take certain precautions, such as:
- Disinfect animal shelters, especially monkeys and pigs.
- Isolating the infected animal immediately and in the case of death, the corpse must be buried or burned in order to reduce the risk of infection from animals to humans.
- Wear protective gloves to touch the animals and clothing.
In order to protect against transmission of the virus from human to human, has to be the following precautions:
- Avoid direct contact with wounded.
- In case the care of infected people in homes should wash your hands.
- Wear gloves and a duty for those working in the field of health care.
