THE TERMINATOR

WE ALL AFFECTED BY EBOLA

Background of this deadly virus

The deadly virus that no one knew much about was discovered in the in the 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks, one in Nzara, Sudan and the other Yambuku, Democratic of Congo. Then was later discovered in West Africa in March 2014, and then started spreading to other parts of the continent and the other parts of the world. The most affected countries are Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia as they have very weak health systems lacking humans and infrastructural resources.

Symptoms

Then symptoms that one will experience if infected are a sudden fever fatigue, muscle pain, headache and a sore throat, followed by vomiting , diarrhea, rash, symptoms of impaired kidney and liver function and  in some cases both external and internal bleeding.

Diagnosis

·         Antibody-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

·         Antigen-capture detection tests

·         Serum neutralization test

·         Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay

·         Electron microscopy

·         Virus isolations by cell culture

Treatment and vaccines

Treatment and vaccines are offered to  infected  people to help fight the virus , treatments such as supportive care-rehydration with oral or intravenous fluid and treatment of specific symptoms, improves survival opportunities. Thou there is no proven treatment available for EVD. Thou a range of potential treatments including blood product, immune therapies and drug therapies are currently being evaluated. There are no licensed vaccines available yet , but two potential vaccines are under going human safety testing.

Controlling infections in health-care settings

Health-care workers need to be extra careful when dealing with infected patients. This include basic hand hygiene, respiratory hygiene.  Health care workers need to be extra careful when assisting the infected patients as the virus infects in minutes. To try control the virus if one has the relevant symptoms must rush to the nearest clinic or hospital to get the required help and treatment or may contact the  Ebola contact center for guidelines on what to do regarding the symptoms you experiencing.   

     

This  virus has shaken the world and arouse questions on how a virus you can just get infection by sitting next to a person or breathing the same breath. This virus is quite brutal it doesn’t even allow you to touch you loved been sick or dead, I feel this would delay me to accept that my loved has passed on.  How long to we have to wait to get a cure or an anti Ebola vaccine?? As we losing loosing lives due to this virus and we don’t have concrete answers or solutions on what to avoid in order avoiding getting infected by this brutal virus Ebola.