Know And How To Handle The Ebola Virus

Outbreaks of Ebola virus hemorrhagic fever struck and exploded in West Africa Guinea in February this year.

Since July 2014, the term "Ebola" is more frequently reported in the media. Doctors Sheik Umar Khan, who led Sierra Leone against the most severe outbreak in the history of Ebola virus-infected and died. The world feels sorry. Virus deaths were in Africa, began worrying a lot of people in the universe.

Today, concentrated Ebola epidemic in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. CNN7 report on May 31, 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirms further measures to contain the Ebola virus is indispensable.

WHO warns that before the virus is found, it has spread, thus making the actual number of patients higher than the cases have been found, also increases the likelihood of the spread of disease from Africa.

MSF Director Bart Janssens, said, "The epidemic is unprecedented. Really cannot be contained, and the situation is getting worse.... People placed in many places, but we still do not know."

Presently, a problem that makes the epidemic prevention work becomes more difficult is that the Ebola virus has infected many doctors who deal with the disease as well as nurses and other health workers.

"Thus far, there are 60 health workers who died of Ebola virus infection, some international health workers have also been infected, this situation greatly reduces the ability to control the spread of the disease," an explanation of the WHO.

Founder of the media Natural News Mike Adams wrote the United States now any individual can answer it, which actively improve the body's own immune system.

What is Ebola Virus?

Virus Ebola  is one of the highest mortality rates ever found. The mortality rate can reach 50% -90%. This disease can move humans and animals primates, such as monkeys, gorillas and chimpanzees. Thus far there is no specific medical therapy, nor is there a vaccine.

The Ebola virus is normally transmitted through blood and other body fluids, the transmission is very fast. Early symptoms are similar to patients with colds, fever, headache, diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain and limp, 2-21 day incubation period.

Origins of Ebola Virus

In August 1976, in a small town hospital Yambuku Zaire (today the Democratic Republic of Congo) came a patient named Mabalo. He was a high fever, before the fever he had been to the northern part of Zaire. Medical conditions in Africa are poor, nurse the day should use a syringe to inject several hundred patients, if the needle causes a blunt will be replaced.

Furthermore, the severe plague epidemic in a short time spread to more than 50 villages in the vicinity. Most of the patient's symptoms similar to Mabalo. Two months later, the Sudanese state located in the northern Zaire is also an explosion of the same epidemic outbreak.

The epidemic then shocked the whole Earth. Pathogens immediately determined, this is a new type of virus. Furthermore, the researchers use the epithet of a local river and provide the name of the Ebola virus. The scientists then found that the Ebola virus in Zaire and Sudan are actually not precisely the same, the effect is also not suffering to the same patient, they then named Zaire types and types Sudan.

Although they already know about this, researchers and doctors are helpless. At the outbreak in 1976, the total number of people infected in Zaire as many as 318 people. 280 people died, the mortality rate of roughly 88%; Sudanese region of 284 people infected, 151 people died, the mortality rate of about 53%.
Most Threatening Zaire Type of Ebola Virus Type 5

To date, a total of Ebola virus found five cases. In summation to the two types mentioned above, the other three are the type of Ebola Ivory Coast, the type of Ebola Bundibugyo, and Reston Ebola types do not cause disease in humans.

In the 30 years of the uncovering of the Ebola virus, virus infected total amount to 2,387 people, 1,590 people died. The part of mortality was approximately 67%.
Merely this is only the official data recorded in the register. African regional health care arrangement is not perfect. There are most of these lawsuits have not been recorded, the figures above do not include the West African outbreak this year.

For more than 30 years, the official record of the total outbreak of Ebola was 24 times. Tye Ebola-Ivory Coast 1 times, only infect one person, in the end he was lucky to live. Bundibugyo Outbreak of type 2 times, infected 206 people, 66 people died, the rest 21 times derived from the case of Zaire and Sudan. Percentage mortality of the two virus types is approximately 96% of all mortality rate of Ebola virus.

This year scale outbreak in West Africa is unprecedented is of type Ebola Zaire, Ebola is the most malignant character. The mortality rate can reach 60% -90%.
Symptoms of Ebola After Infection
Early symptoms are sudden high fever, serious fatigue, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and others. Then, accompanied by vomiting and diarrhea. Later on the vomiting of blood, bleeding all over the body, joint and muscle pain, followed by the eyes, nose, gums, ears, anus and private parts bleed, urinate very little and so on.
Patients often accompanied by serious liver damage, kidney failure, central nervous system damage, shock and multiple organ failure occur. Lab tests found that the white blood cells, platelets and platelets decreased patient ground. Index numbers of increased liver function.

WHO said earlier diagnosis of Ebola virus symptoms may be mistaken for malaria, enteric fever, meningitis and even the plague.

Common Modes of Transmission

States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) categorizes the Ebola virus as a biological hazards fourth grade (1-4, for maximum). Wish to live in damp, dark environments, will not cause the typical transmission through the air. Only it can settle on a floating air particles and the infected person's blood, other body fluids, direct contact with feces, urine, saliva and semen, there is likely to be infected. Conditions when the humans who had recovered, up to seven weeks after recovery can still spread the virus through their semen.

When the skin of healthy people who were injured or mucous membrane contact with a contaminated environment with mucus Ebola patients (such as dirty clothes, bed linen or syringe that had been used), will also be infected.

The physical structures of the infected person's body are also a source of Ebola virus infection, therefore there is also a call "dead virus" or "zombie virus", must conduct their protection and immediately buried. In one case a patient starts showing symptoms, nature has been transmitted. A person is not contagious during this incubation period.

Treatment and Prevention

On that point is, no approved vaccine to prevent Ebola virus department, or no Ebola vaccine in clinical trials. But the United States in mid-September will pilot the Ebola vaccine against the human torso.
The primary way to prevent Ebola virus is to avoid direct contact directly with Ebola infection. Health workers must acquire the necessary protective measures. Be trusted to reduce contact with chimpanzees, orangutans, bats, wild pigs and other animals at high risk, especially not retrieve the bodies of dead animals or their meat to be cooked.

If you recognize someone who is infected with the Ebola virus, please burn their clothes or bed sheets, blankets and other items. If you want to continue to use, sterilization by high temperature and pressure before use. Nurses Ebola patients should wear impermeable clothing, mitts and protective masks, goggles and a surgical mask to prevent the patient's body fluid splashes to the nose, mouth and eyes. Moreover, as far as possible when attending large gatherings, in social situations should avoid shaking hands and hugging, waving hello is the best. If shaking hands after washing with soap as soon as possible, rinse hands thoroughly with running water. Disinfection is the focal point of all precautions. Docs Without Borders said that the known components such as sodium hypochlorite, methyl alcohol, ultraviolet light, soap, cleaning fluids can all kill the Ebola virus. Although the percentage of the deadly Ebola virus is high, but there are still nearly 10% -50% of infected people recover, this may be related to their immune system function better. Mike Adams said, do not do anything that makes us immune system down, like love staying up late, eating junk food, smoking, prolonged sitting does not impress, do not want sun, in contact with chemical carcinogens (pesticides, herbicides, glyphosate) and so on.