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maria fernanda

Ebola Virus Cure: US Issues 'Task Order' For Ebola Drug ZMapp - 0 views

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    "According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ZMapp has yet to be tested in humans for safety or effectiveness. ZMapp is not a vaccine, but a therapeutic drug for Ebola, so it cannot prevent infection. There are currently no FDA-approved vaccines or treatment products for Ebola. The standard treatment is merely supportive therapy, such as balancing the patients' fluids and electrolytes, maintaining their oxygen status and blood pressure, and treating them for any complicating infections."
maria fernanda

Ebola Virus: Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention - 1 views

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  • Ebola is a rare but deadly virus that causes bleeding inside and outside the body.As the virus spreads through the body, it damages the immune system and organs. Ultimately, it causes levels of blood-clotting cells to drop. This leads to severe, uncontrollable bleeding.The disease, also known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever or Ebola virus, kills up to 90% of people who are infected.
  • It spreads to people by contact with the skin or bodily fluids of an infected animal, like a monkey, chimp, or fruit bat.
    • Nicolle Elahian
      Nicolle Elahian on 20 Oct 14
       
      This is how you can catch the disease.
  • There’s no vaccine to prevent Ebola. The best way to avoid catching the disease is by not traveling to areas where the virus is found.Health care workers can prevent infection by wearing masks, gloves, and goggles whenever they come into contact with people who may have Ebola.
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  • Ebola gets its name from the Ebola River, which is near one of the villages in the Democratic Republic of Congo where the disease first appeared.
  • Nicolle Elahian on 20 Oct 14
     
    Here is an article on how you can catch the Ebola disease, when and where it started and how you can prevent it too.
robertojb

Two Nuns Quarantined for Ebola in El Salvador After Returning From the Congo | The Cost... - 0 views

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Terrible news for El Salvador

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  • The two nuns arrived Monday at 17.45 local time (23.45 GMT) at the Monsignor Oscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport, located about 44 miles south of San Salvador, said Health Minister, Violeta Menjivar, in a meeting with the press international, but she did not specify the nationality of the missionaries. “Currently there are quarantined in a place to be determined by the Catholic church, and that they are being attended to daily. They are healthy, but they are being quarantined as a preventative measure against Ebola,” she added.
  • robertojb on 03 Nov 14
     
    "The two nuns arrived Monday at 17.45 local time (23.45 GMT) at the Monsignor Oscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport, located about 44 miles south of San Salvador, said Health Minister, Violeta Menjivar, in a meeting with the press international, but she did not specify the nationality of the missionaries. "Currently there are quarantined in a place to be determined by the Catholic church, and that they are being attended to daily. They are healthy, but they are being quarantined as a preventative measure against Ebola," she added. "
Nicolle Elahian

Prevention | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever | CDC - 0 views

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  • If you travel to or are in an area affected by an Ebola outbreak, make sure to do the following:Practice careful hygiene. For example, wash your hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand sanitizer and avoid contact with blood and body fluids.Do not handle items that may have come in contact with an infected person’s blood or body fluids (such as clothes, bedding, needles, and medical equipment).Avoid funeral or burial rituals that require handling the body of someone who has died from Ebola.Avoid contact with bats and nonhuman primates or blood, fluids, and raw meat prepared from these animals.Avoid hospitals in West Africa where Ebola patients are being treated. The U.S. embassy or consulate is often able to provide advice on facilities.After you return, monitor your health for 21 days and seek medical care immediately if you develop symptoms of Ebola(http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/symptoms/index.html).
    • Nicolle Elahian
      Nicolle Elahian on 03 Nov 14
       
      Having a health control for this virus.
  • Nicolle Elahian on 03 Nov 14
     
    Here is a list of things you need to make sure you do if going to a place infected by this virus. (Ebola)
maria fernanda

Ebola: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment - 0 views

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  • maria fernanda on 03 Nov 14
     
    "There is no cure for Ebola, nor are there any vaccines that can prevent the disease. Those who recover from the disease do so through the strength of their own immune system, according to the CDC. Doctors have found that one of the most important treatments for patients afflicted with the virus is simply keeping them well hydrated and helping them breathe, to give their immune system a better chance to fight off the disease.  Doctors are trying several experimental treatments on patients. Some doctors are giving patients blood transfusions from those who have survived Ebola. The hope is that the survivor's antibodies will help the recipient's immune system fight off the virus. A 1995 study published in the Journal of Infectious Disease found that this treatment may be helpful to reduce the number of deaths from EDV.  ZMapp is one experimental treatment for Ebola."
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Ebola disease suits for protection

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    This suit prevents you from getting ebola
Natalia Alas

Ebola Facts: What Is Being Done to Improve Medical Treatment in Africa? - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • Natalia Alas on 03 Nov 14
     
    What is being done to avoid Ebola in Africa...
julie2912

How is TB Spread? - Tuberculosis - Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control & Outbreak M... - 0 views

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  • It is important to understand that there is a difference between being infected with TB and having TB disease. Someone who is infected with TB has the TB germs, or bacteria, in their body. The body's defenses are protecting them from the germs and they are not sick.
  • TB is usually spread between family members, close friends, and people who work or live together. TB is spread most easily in closed spaces over a long period of time. However, transmission in an airplane, although rare, has been documented.
  • julie2912 on 03 Nov 14
     
    "It is important to understand that there is a difference between being infected with TB and having TB disease. Someone who is infected with TB has the TB germs, or bacteria, in their body. The body's defenses are protecting them from the germs and they are not sick."
Beatriz Narvaez

Chikungunya in El Salvador- Yahoo News - 1 views

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chikungunya El Salvador

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  • El Salvador has detected nearly 30,000 cases of the painful mosquito-borne viral disease chikungunya
  • undertaken measures to prevent the disease-carrying mosquitoes breeding
    • Beatriz Narvaez
      Beatriz Narvaez on 03 Nov 14
       
      El Salvador has been undertaking measures to stop the chikungunya
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    • Beatriz Narvaez
      Beatriz Narvaez on 03 Nov 14
       
      In September 24th there nearly 30,000 cases of chikungunya
  • Since June, when the first case was reported, there have been 29,704 people infected by the virus, with 204 of them hospitalized
    • Beatriz Narvaez
      Beatriz Narvaez on 03 Nov 14
       
      the Chikungunya is reproducing very quickly
Jennifer Garcia

Second Ebola case confirmed. Texas health worker wore 'full' protective gear. - The Was... - 2 views

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  • a female nurse, provided care for Duncan on “multiple occasions” that included “extensive contacts with him.”
    • Jennifer Garcia
      Jennifer Garcia on 13 Oct 14
       
      This is the person who was contaminated in a texas hospital. Her patient died.
  • He outlined several steps that were being taken to care for the health-care worker and prevent the infection of others. Every effort is being made to care for the patient safely and effectively, he said.
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Why Does The CDC Own a Patent on Ebola 'Invention?' Ebola Man Made? - 0 views

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  • The U.S. Centers for Disease Control owns a patent on a particular strain of Ebola known as “EboBun.” It’s patent No. CA2741523A1 and it was awarded in 2010. You can view it here. (Thanks to Natural News readers who found this and brought it to our attention.) Patent applicants are clearly described on the patent as including: The Government Of The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health & Human Services, Center For Disease Control. The patent summary says, “The invention provides the isolated human Ebola (hEbola) viruses denoted as Bundibugyo (EboBun) deposited with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”; Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America) on November 26, 2007 and accorded an accession number 200706291.” It goes on to state, “The present invention is based upon the isolation and identification of a new human Ebola virus species, EboBun. EboBun was isolated from the patients suffering from hemorrhagic fever in a recent outbreak in Uganda.”
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