Posted on 07/31/2014 1:21:44 PM PDT by winoneforthegipper
A doctor is quarantined in East TN, waiting to see if he shows signs of #Ebola. @jmcneal talks to him via #Skype at 5 pic.twitter.com/L8uggRAbh0
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I know right? I can’t find any info at all on this anywhere.
OMG...that is right next door. We are domed!
Cats out of the bag now. It’’s be Ebola in the east and who know what walking across the border in the SW states.
dont sell this disease short. Quite a few that have been battling this disease for years are now dead.
Domed? That sounds series.
I don’t understand the conflicting claims: i.e.
There is no cure for this disease - however, the US physician and nurse who have contracted the disease (from personal contact with infected patients) will be ‘treated’ in the US.
So, if they are treated will they be cured??????????????
And will they always have the possibility of infecting others?
There have been over 30 well informed medical attendees, doctors, nurses etc that have died over the last few months. Consider this disease has been around since the 1970’s that number should alarm everyone.
Morristown, Tenn.
Crap, this is in our immediate area.
There is no specific treatment for the virus. Efforts to help persons who are infected include giving them either oral rehydration therapy or intravenous fluids.[1] The disease has a high mortality rate: often between 50% and 90% of those who are infected with the virus.[1][2]
It typically occurs in outbreaks in tropical regions of Sub-Saharan Africa.[1] Between 1976, when it was first identified, and 2014, fewer than 1,000 people a year have been infected.[1][3] The largest outbreak to date is the ongoing 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak, which is affecting Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. The disease was first identified in the Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Efforts are ongoing to develop a vaccine; however, none exists as of 2014.[1]
Prognosis[edit] The disease has a high mortality rate: often between 50 percent and 90 percent.[1][2] If an infected person survives, recovery may be quick and complete, or prolonged with long term problems, such as inflammation of the testicles, joint pains, muscle pains, skin peeling, or hair loss. Eye symptoms, such as light sensitivity, excess tearing, iritis, iridocyclitis, choroiditis and blindness have also been described. EBOV and SUDV may be able to persist in the semen of some survivors, which could give rise to infections and disease via sexual intercourse.[1]
Source: Wikipedia
Ebama
I found this article which describes how patients are treated to build up their own immune systems and strengthen them to fight the disease.
http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Ebola_virus
There is also a notation concerning a woman who may or may not have contracted the virus while working on a vaccine - so she gave herself a shot of the vaccine and survived.
Scary stuff.
Thanks - I also found this helpful in understanding “treatment”.
http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Ebola_virus
I read 50-70 percent fatal somewhere.
https://twitter.com/Bogs4NY/status/494950159948972032
News 4 @ 5pm: Ebola scare at NYC hospital...person who flew into JFK from Africa...isolated & tested at Bellevue Hospital #NBC4NY
https://twitter.com/6News/status/494947073012137986
He was treating #Ebola patients in Africa. Now he’s quarantined in East TN, waiting to see if he has the virus.
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