Ebola
-Jae Hyeok Kim
What does Ebola Virus do?
1. Dissolves collagen which holds the cells together-> cells disconnected from each other and organ 'melt'
2. Attack Dentritic cell and grow. Uses dentritic cell to kill normal cells too.
3. Makes our body to Vomit our body fluids.
4.Infects Liver. Leads to Failure of Organs and inner bleeding.
Symptom of Ebola
-Incubation Period: No symptoms.(2-21days)
-After Incubation Period
-Primary:Fever fatigue, Muscle pain Headache and Sore throat
->Vomiting, Diarrhea, Rash, Impaired kidney and bad liver function internal or/and external bleeding
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Ebola..?
Transmission
In conclusion
-At first, it is thought that chimpanzees, gorillas, fruit bats, monkeys infected and found dead was contacted to people and infected.
-Contact with body fluids that is infected can transmit virus.
-Ebola is a disease caused by Ebola Virus
-Virus itself is classified to Philo Virus
-Philo Virus: Virus that goes into your body
and causes Hemorrhagic Fever
-To make it sound easy: Visceras melt.
-Most dangerous virus of all Philo Virus
The key to prevent anymore patients from Ebola, we have to keep ourselves away from Ebola.
We should be checking if you are going to endemic country of Ebola when you travel. Also, you have to keep clean of ourselves.
Prevention
Suspected consequence
The only way to get infected by Ebola is by direct contact of body fluids. You just have to avoid this.
Also, do not touch dead body of animal found in forest when you go travel. They might have died because of Ebola.
If this happens in tribe that has no idea about ebola, it might kill whole tribe.
But if we know this is serious disease and isolate the patient well, disease can be easily stopped.
*Spreading ability of Ebola isn't that critical
Cure....?
If you are suspected to acquired to Ebola or visited endemic country, you should visit hospital and test your blood.
If you are diagnosed
-Serum of cured patient
-There are no certified cure for Ebola.
-There is a testing cure called ZMapp but not certified. Testing on humans