NINA PHAM
Posted on 10/13/2014 1:35:07 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The second person to show Ebola symptoms on US soil has been identified as Nina Pham, a 26-year-old nurse.
Pham's family confirmed her identity on Monday.
She was diagnosed with Ebola on Sunday and is the first person to contract the disease in the US. Pham is currently in "clinically stable" condition, according to officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Pham is reportedly a nurse in Dallas who was caring for Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital.
Duncan contracted the disease in Liberia and then traveled to the US, where he first started showing symptoms.
The CDC is investigating exactly how the transmission occurred, but a protocol breach is suspected.
"I feel awful that a healthcare worker got infected," CDC Director Tom Frieden said during a press conference Monday. "She was there trying to help the first patient survive, and now she has become infected."
Pham's family provided this photo of her to news stations:
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That dog is also infected (what a pity, such a beautiful Cavalier King Charles Spaniel).
She looks young - hopefully that will make a difference although I am not sure how much a difference it makes for ebola. Cant hurt.
What about the family? They were with him without protective gear. Why are none of them affected?
My theory about that family is that they were probably never in that house..Duncan probably called them beforehand saying that he was exposed to Ebola and that he was coming. I really doubt they were ever in that apartment..meanwhile, prayers to this nurse, who devoted her life to saving people, such a beautiful young lady I pray that she will be OK..and that adorable little pooch I hope he will be OK too
Prayers up for her.
No news on their status, not even a premature “all clear.” More or less just disappeared into that foreclosed gated McMansion. Given their propensity to wander, that gate must’ve come in handy.
It's supposed to be ... once the disease 'takes hold' .. something that happens pretty quickly ... like a couple of days, or something.
I've stayed away from these threads because there were just too many and my interest has been in a different arena ... but I'm curious ...
Is my understanding of EBOLA correct and is it THIS ebola that we're hearing about ... or are we being fed a line about a different disease and it's being called ebola ??
CDC: The nurse 'acted stupidly'
Notice a pattern?...It is never Obama, H. Clinton, J. Kerry, or VeeJay or their Staffer / Rat Party's fault
According to an interview with a church member , she is a practicing Catholic, overjoyed to be accepted in the nursing program at her Christian college, and she considered nursing more than a career, but a vocation.
When she heard of her diagnosis, she called the church, and spoke to the ladies there and they prayed and cried together.
God, please give your handmaiden of the Lord, the strength to overcome her illness.
Bless her heart.
+1
Upon what are you basing this statement, that the dog is infected?
Prayers up. Here’s hoping she can get a dose of Zmapp pronto.
Key facts
Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans.
The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission
. The average EVD case fatality rate is around 50%. Case fatality rates have varied from 25% to 90% in past outbreaks.
The first EVD outbreaks occurred in remote villages in Central Africa, near tropical rainforests, but the most recent outbreak in west Africa has involved major urban as well as rural areas.
Community engagement is key to successfully controlling outbreaks. Good outbreak control relies on applying a package of interventions, namely case management, surveillance and contact tracing, a good laboratory service, safe burials and social mobilisation.
Early supportive care with rehydration, symptomatic treatment improves survival.
There is as yet no licensed treatment proven to neutralise the virus but a range of blood, immunological and drug therapies are under development.
There are currently no licensed Ebola vaccines but 2 potential candidates are undergoing evaluation.
Symptoms of Ebola virus disease
The incubation period, that is, the time interval from infection with the virus to onset of symptoms is 2 to 21 days.
Humans are not infectious until they develop symptoms.
First symptoms are the sudden onset of fever fatigue, muscle pain, headache and sore throat.
This is followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, symptoms of impaired kidney and liver function, and in some cases, both internal and external bleeding (e.g. oozing from the gums, blood in the stools). Laboratory findings include low white blood cell and platelet counts and elevated liver enzymes.
Best answer for you: Read the first chapter of The Hot Zone.
Go here: http://tinyurl.com/l49n89g (It is an Amazon link)
Click on the book cover where it says “Look inside” to open and read. After opening, go down about 3/4 of the page where it starts: “The headache begins, typically, on the seventh day after exposure...”
It gets pretty ugly, and my guess is that it is pretty accurate.
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