Once this virus enters the body it kills cells making some of them explode. It wrecks the immune system, causes heavy bleeding inside the body and damages almost every organ.
Causes of Ebola
One can get it only from direct contact with an infected person’s body fluids.
Symptoms of Ebola
At first Ebola can feel like a flu or illness. Symptoms take around 2 to 21 days after an infection and include sore throat, stomach pain, high fever, joint and muscle aches, weakness and headache. As the disease gets worse it causes bleeding inside the body. Some people vomit and might cough up blood, have bloody diarrhea and get a rash.
Treatment for Ebola
Treatment includes an experimental serum that destroys infected cells. Doctors manage the symptoms with blood pressure medication, oxygen, fluids and electrolytes, blood transfusions and treatment for other infections.
How to prevent Ebola?
Ebola gets its name from the Ebola River, which is near one of the villages in the Democratic Republic of Congo where the disease first appeared.
The best way to avoid catching the disease is by not travelling to areas where the virus is found. Health care workers can prevent infection by wearing masks, gloves, and goggles whenever they come into contact with people who may have Ebola.
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