Download Facts about ebola

What is the treatment?
There is no specific treatment that is approved for general
use against Ebola virus disease but supportive treatment–
hospital care to relieve symptoms and to prevent further
complications and side effects-can be given.
How can I protect myself against Ebola?
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Avoid contact with symptomatic patients and/or their
bodily fluids
Avoid contact with corpses and/or bodily fluids from
deceased patients
Avoid contact with wild animals both alive and dead
and the consumption of ‘wild meats’
Wash hands regularly, using soap or antiseptics
When to seek medical attention?
If you develop fever, muscle aches, weakness, headache
and sore throat, or you have been in an affected area,
having had contact with blood, secretions, organs or other
bodily fluids of dead or living infected or suspected
persons, you should seek rapid medical attention also
mentioning your travel history.
YOU CAN’T GET EBOLA THROUGH THE
AIR, THROUGH WATER OR FOOD
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FACTS about
Ebola
What is Ebola?
Ebola virus disease formally called Ebola Hemorrhagic
Fever is caused by the Ebola Virus. It is a severe disease
found in countries in Africa and can often have a fatal
outcome for up to 80% of infected persons.
What are the symptoms of Ebola?
Most common symptoms of the disease are sudden onset
of fever, progressive weakness, muscle and joint pains and
headache followed lack of appetite, diarrhea, nausea and
vomiting .
The more severe symptoms are bleeding from the
nose, gums and skin, impaired kidney and liver
function and bloody vomiting and stool.
How can a person get infected?
A person can get infected with the Ebola virus by direct
contact with infected blood, sweat, secretions, tissues,
organs or other bodily fluids of dead or living persons.
It can also be contracted through unprotected sexual
contact with patients who have recently recovered from the
disease.
It can take between 2 and 21 days from the point of
contact with an infected person for symptoms to become
apparent.
PEOPLE ONLY BECOME INFECTIOUS
ONCE THEY START TO HAVE SYMPTOMS
What is the treatment?
There is no specific treatment that is approved for general
use against Ebola virus disease but supportive treatment–
hospital care to relieve symptoms and to prevent further
complications and side effects-can be given.
How can I protect myself against Ebola?




Avoid contact with symptomatic patients and/or their
bodily fluids
Avoid contact with corpses and/or bodily fluids from
deceased patients
Avoid contact with wild animals both alive and dead
and the consumption of ‘wild meats’
Wash hands regularly, using soap or antiseptics
When to seek medical attention?
If you develop fever, muscle aches, weakness, headache
and sore throat, or you have been in an affected area,
having had contact with blood, secretions, organs or other
bodily fluids of dead or living infected or suspected
persons, you should seek rapid medical attention also
mentioning your travel history.
YOU CAN’T GET EBOLA THROUGH THE
AIR, THROUGH WATER OR FOOD
Produced by
Health Promotion Department
Ministry of Health
1-473-440-2649
FACTS about
Ebola
What is Ebola?
Ebola virus disease formally called Ebola Hemorrhagic
Fever is caused by the Ebola Virus. It is a severe disease
found in countries in Africa and can often have a fatal
outcome for up to 80% of infected persons.
What are the symptoms of Ebola?
Most common symptoms of the disease are sudden onset
of fever, progressive weakness, muscle and joint pains and
headache followed lack of appetite, diarrhea, nausea and
vomiting .
The more severe symptoms are bleeding from the
nose, gums and skin, impaired kidney and liver
function and bloody vomiting and stool.
How can a person get infected?
A person can get infected with the Ebola virus by direct
contact with infected blood, sweat, secretions, tissues,
organs or other bodily fluids of dead or living persons.
It can also be contracted through unprotected sexual
contact with patients who have recently recovered from the
disease.
It can take between 2 and 21 days from the point of
contact with an infected person for symptoms to become
apparent.
PEOPLE ONLY BECOME INFECTIOUS
ONCE THEY START TO HAVE SYMPTOMS