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Ebola is found in doctor's eye months after virus left blood
AP ^ | 5/7 | MARILYNN MARCHIONE

Posted on 05/08/2015 12:28:56 PM PDT by TangledUpInBlue

The new report concerns Dr. Ian Crozier, a 43-year-old American physician diagnosed with Ebola in September while working with the World Health Organization in Sierra Leone.

He was treated at Emory University Hospital's special Ebola unit in Atlanta and released in October when Ebola was no longer detected in his blood. Two months later, he developed an inflammation and very high blood pressure in one eye, which causes swelling and potentially serious vision problems.

He returned to Emory, where ophthalmologist Dr. Steven Yeh drained some of the fluid and had it tested for Ebola. It contained the virus but tears and tissue around the outside of his eye did not.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ebola; eyebola
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1 posted on 05/08/2015 12:28:56 PM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
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To: TangledUpInBlue

How does one explain that? Weird to say the least. I’m assuming they’ve spared the physician’s vision? Horrible that these people go to the hell hole ends of the earth and develop such dreadful diseases. AND bring them home.


2 posted on 05/08/2015 12:30:39 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: TangledUpInBlue

And there was a recent report that a cured Ebola victim, still had ebola in his sperm many months after his cure...so maybe it is no longer in your blood, but watch out forthose body fluids.


3 posted on 05/08/2015 12:31:15 PM PDT by kiltie65
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Ebol-eye. Sounds like the plural of ebola.


4 posted on 05/08/2015 12:32:00 PM PDT by rey
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To: EDINVA

5 posted on 05/08/2015 12:32:42 PM PDT by WakeUpAndVote
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To: rey

This version should be called “Eyebola”.


6 posted on 05/08/2015 12:47:40 PM PDT by MeganC (You can ignore reality, but reality won't ignore you.)
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To: TangledUpInBlue
Well then. So, the surviving medical personnel already successfully treated for Ebola may be revisiting their nightmare as a potential for isolated organ relapse? Those that were exposed to Ebola but did not develop any symptoms ... who knows?

What a nightmare!

7 posted on 05/08/2015 1:03:39 PM PDT by wtd
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To: EDINVA

Wow! From what I’ve read, even people in America who survive Ebola never have good health. Never.


8 posted on 05/08/2015 1:05:54 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Should have seen that coming... :)


9 posted on 05/08/2015 1:10:01 PM PDT by YouPosting2Me
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To: TangledUpInBlue

if you read The Hot Zone, this isn’t really news. it stays in semen and eye fluid for a long time.


10 posted on 05/08/2015 1:16:01 PM PDT by midnightcat
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To: TangledUpInBlue

So..the eyes have it.


11 posted on 05/08/2015 1:25:24 PM PDT by DainBramage
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To: MeganC

And the sperm transmitted version? e-ball-a?


12 posted on 05/08/2015 1:40:05 PM PDT by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Ok, everybody just calm down. We were told that we are all safe, so this has to be simply an isolated incident.


13 posted on 05/08/2015 5:55:36 PM PDT by SgtHooper (Anyone who remembers the 60's, wasn't there!)
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To: wtd

Yup. So simply sharing a wet bath towel should complete the transmission. How about rubbing one’s infected eye and shaking hands. And on and on.


14 posted on 05/08/2015 5:58:03 PM PDT by SgtHooper (Anyone who remembers the 60's, wasn't there!)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

This virus might or might not be viable/infectious. Not necessarily. Same with the virons found in semen.


15 posted on 05/08/2015 6:00:45 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OÂ’Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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