EBOLA Virus Outbreak What is EBOLA? Ebola is caused by a virus. • Causes a severe illness, with bleeding • Up to 90% will die • No vaccine, and no treatment are available • Many people can quickly become infected EBOLA how does it spread? Sick people can spread this disease to others • People in direct contact with sick people are at highest risk: • Family members • Healthcare workers Dead bodies can also spread the disease. BE CAREFUL • DO NOT wash, touch or kiss dead bodies • DO NOT wash hands in the same bucket as other who have touched the body EBOLA symptoms- What does EBOLA feel like? EARLY SYMPTOMS- Symptoms can start within two days of contact with an infected person or body ~Fever ~Tiredness ~Headache ~Nausea LATER SYMPTOMS- ~Vomiting (May contain blood) ~Diarrhoea (May contain blood) ~Cough (May contain blood) ~Bleeding (Mostly from mouth and nose) You can become very sick, death is common. Most people with EBOLA die. EBOLA Prevention How not to catch EBOLA? ~Keep away from anyone who has EBOLa or who has died from it. ~Do not touch an infected person or their bodily fluids ie. vomit, diarrhoea, blood, urine etc ~Deceased people who were infected with EBOLA need to be buried carefully as they carry the disease ~Wash your hands often with soap. ~EBOLA is in animals and bats too ~DO NOT TOUCH OR EAT BUSH MEAT AND DONT EAT BATS What to do if you become infected with EBOLA IF you develop the above mentioned symptoms. Call your medical centre and tell them about your illness. Listen to the advice. You may be sent to a special hospital, to be quarantined. Keep away from others so they don’t get sick. Be especially careful of your vomit and diarrhoea Please share....
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 13:32:58 +0000
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