Will EBOLA kill us all? the question many are asking in countries like Guinea, Liberia and Nigeria, killing people everyday loved ones, parents, children, families, relations, the poor and even the rich.
There is no doubt this is the trend now online and the papers too, what do you think? will the virus wipe
out the whole of west africa or will it be controlled if yes then when?WHAT IS EBOLA?
By now we believe 75 – 80% of people in west African have heard that name and keep seeing it on the news, online and on the papers is everywhere warnings, prevention’s and hope, the truth is this virus has been around since 1976 in 2 simultaneous outbreaks, in Nzara, Sudan, and in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo. The latter was in a village situated near the Ebola River, from which the disease takes its name.
Ebola virus disease (EVD) or Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) is a disease of humans and other primates caused by an ebolavirus. Symptoms start two days to three weeks after contracting the virus, with a fever, sore throat, muscle pain and headaches. Typically, vomiting, diarrhea and rash follow, along with decreased functioning of the liver and kidneys. Around this time, affected people may begin to bleed both within the body and externally. source: Wikipedia
HOW DO PEOPLE CONTACT THE EBOLA VIRUS
You can get this virus through close contact with blood, sliver urine and bodily fluids of person infected by Ebola. Ebola then spreads in the community through human-to-human transmission, with infection resulting from direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected people, and indirect contact with environments contaminated with such fluids. Burial ceremonies in which mourners have direct contact with the body of the deceased person can also play a role in the transmission of Ebola. Men who have recovered from the disease can still transmit the virus through their semen for up to 7 weeks after recovery from illness.
source: WHO
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE EBOLA
Symptoms range from sudden fever (increased body temperature), Intense weakness and muscle pain, Headache, Sore throat. This is followed by vomiting and diarrhea, skin rash, impaired kidney and liver function, and in some cases, both internal and external bleeding.
Laboratory tests might find that the person has low white blood cell and platelet counts, and elevated liver enzymes. Ebola virus disease infections can only be confirmed through laboratory testing.
The time between being infected to when symptoms start (incubation period), is from 2 to 21 days.
if your in Nigeria you can contact +23480032652434, ebolaalert@gmail.com if you notice any of the listed symptoms.
TREATMENT FOR EBOLA
So far there is no known cure for this virus although the use of experimental drugs has been ordered to be used o patients who have the virus on trial since they might die anyway and so far a drug called ZMAP have cured 2 Americans who contacted the virus from Africa and the company that produced the said drug claims the drug is still limited and will take months produce in large quantities.
THE BIG QUESTION
In Nigeria we graduate over five thousand med lab scientists, pharmacists, industrial chemists, medical doctors and micro biologists every year…and we are looking for the cure/vaccine for Ebola and everyone seems to be waiting for the white men, at this point we have to ask ourselves WHAT IS WRONG and WHO’S FAULT is this?
THE CURE CAN COME FROM US WE NEED TO DO MORE, NIGERIANS HAVE WHAT IT TAKES.
