Ebola: first suspected case confirmed in Ghana
08.07.2014
AdvertisementSince March of African countries, wreaking havoc in several West a severe Ebola epidemic. Now, for the first time also reported a suspected case in Ghana. A US citizen had shown symptoms of the disease. According to studies, the suspicion was not confirmed, however.
AdvertisementEbola rages on for months in West Africa
For months, a serious Ebola epidemic raging in West Africa. In March, the disease was occurred initially in Guinea and had spread quickly to Liberia and Sierra Leone. The world health organization (WHO) said the outbreak of all time. Recently, a case of suspicion had now become well-known in Ghana. The BBC quoted a communication from the Ministry of health, according to a U.S. citizen with symptoms of the disease lying in a private clinic in the capital Accra in quarantine and be examined.
The first suspected case confirmed in Ghana
Also, the clinic staff were placed under quarantine. The population was asked to keep calm. The Patient had been tested for the Virus, and the result was negative. This is The world “reported”. The US-Americans in Ghana is said to have visited in the previous weeks, Guinea and Sierra Leone. The “world” according to the WHO had died, according to the latest data up until the beginning of July, already 481 people to the Virus. There were a total of 779 suspected cases. The causative agent was for the first time in 1976 in the Congo found. Experts fear that the disease could spread to other countries.
Up to 90 percent of those Infected die
According to the WHO, the incubation period for Ebola is two days to three weeks. First of all, it comes in Infected to complaints similar to that of a beginning flu. So, fever, muscle put of a sudden and headache, a General feeling of weakness, and neck pain. Later function, also kidney and liver and it symptoms such as bloody diarrhea, Nausea and vomiting, and bleeding from the mucous membranes, hemorrhages can occur in the skin and increased internal bleeding. Around 60 to 90 percent of the Infected die of the disease.
Further spread should be prevented
Just last week, eleven health Ministers from the Region, as well as numerous international experts had adopted after a crisis meeting in Accra, a new strategy in the fight against the Virus. Above all, it should be prevented that Ebola is spreading in other States. As one of the most important measures to contain the Virus, experts point to education. Since you do not know the disease, are uncertain, many people in West Africa. Doctors will often mistrusted and family members with Ebola symptoms hidden. in addition, will continue to be conducted funerals in which the dead are washed again or be hugged, which is a big infection risk for the relatives.
Neither vaccine or drug against Ebola
The pathogen has its origin in the animal Kingdom. People can become infected through contact with diseased animals, such as monkeys. Through blood and other body fluids, the disease of humans transmitted to humans. As there is for Ebola to date, neither a vaccine nor a drug, are limited Doctors in rule to strengthen the immune system of the Infected, as well as to help the patients with medicines for fever, antibiotics for secondary diseases, and measures to be taken against dehydration. (ad)
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Important Note:
This article contains only General information, and should not be used for self-diagnosis or treatment. It is not a substitute for a doctor’s visit.
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