[ * _ * ] some tips about EBOLA VIRUS ... please pay attention ...this is SERIOUS! Stopping the Spread of Ebola: 7 Facts to Know If Ebola becomes a problem, here are some key facts you’ll need to know to reduce your chance of getting it. 1. It seems to start in animals and meat. No one’s for sure, but it’s thought the disease starts in bats. They can have the virus without getting sick. Then they infect other animals, who do usually get sick. People kill the other animals and contract the virus while either preparing the meat or eating it poorly cooked. Then the virus starts spreading from person to person. 2. After exposure, Ebola can kick in early or late. After someone is infected, the symptoms start anywhere from two to 21 days later. 3. Ebola doesn’t spread like the flu. This is the only good thing I know about this awful disease. Flu: You can be contagious before you get sick. Ebola: You’re not contagious until you have symptoms. Flu: The virus can spread through fluid droplets in the air (like from a sneeze). Ebola: Although it’s theoretically possible for Ebola to spread this way, it doesn’t seem to. 4. Ebola is highly contagious. You can catch it by coming in direct contact with any bodily fluids, including blood, semen, urine, saliva, vomit, or feces. 5. The symptoms make prevention more difficult. Symptoms make it hard for caregivers not to come into contact with those bodily fluids. There’s profuse vomiting and diarrhea. And the victim’s blood can’t clot. So you can’t stop bleeding from the smallest scrape, prick, or bruise. Sometimes people spontaneously bleed out the nose, mouth, rectum, or urethra. 6. Ebola is still contagious after symptoms stop or the victim dies. Ebola doesn’t stop being contagious with death or recovery. Victims’ dead bodies still carry the disease, and people who recover may continue to be contagious for up to two months or more. 7. There are ways to protect yourself. It’s essential to protect yourself at all times if you’re caring for someone who may have the disease so you don’t come into contact with the bodily fluids. Basically, cover yourself in impermeable products from head to toe. Think goggles, mask, disposable gown, gloves, and shoe covers. If you’re using needles, use them once only and dispose of them immediately. Also disinfect your environment. Clean any exposed furniture, walls, or floors with a disinfectant, like a chlorine bleach solution, before future use. This may not all be possible during a long-term disaster, but do the best you can.
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 10:02:37 +0000
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