The world is currently facing an epidemic due to a violent and deadly disease that most of us have never even heard of. The Ebola Virus is killing hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, yet no one really even knows anything about this virus that is quickly starting to take over. Ebola has quickly and quietly become a rapidly spreading viral disease. There have been 23 identifiable worldwide outbreaks of Ebola in humans since the first outbreak was documented in 1976, yet no one really knows what Ebola is or how serious this deadly virus can be. The Ebola virus can be transmitted through the blood and is copied throughout the body and in organs, including the liver, lymphatic organs, kidneys, ovaries and testes. The centralized lesions
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Capillary leakage is said to be the major cause of blood volume loss inside the infected person’s circulatory system, severe bleeding, shock and acute respiratory disorders have also been seen in the most violent and fatal cases. Patients basically die because of severe blood loss causing the body to go into shock. Those people infected with severe illness from the Ebola Virus often have fevers, are severely delirious, agitated, combative, violent, and difficult to control. (1)
The Ebola virus is transmitted through contact with the bodily fluids of those infected. After infection, people develop the symptoms within 21 days. The simplest was to diagnose Ebola are from its flulike symptoms followed by vomiting, diarrhea, and profuse bleeding from the skin, ears, mouth, nose and rectum. People who are infected with this violent disease most often suffer from their internal organs disintegrating. There has been no successful cure for Ebola, this virus kills up to ninety percent of all cases of people infected. …show more content…
Some people who have survived having this traumatic illness have said that they have been threatened, attacked, and even shunned from their families and their communities because other people looked at them as if they were tainted and were a threat to their community because they had the disease even though they survived. This was of thinking has been linked to the increased wide spread fear of contracting the disease, the high infection and death rates, as well as decreased public knowledge and awareness of the seriousness of the illness.
Capillary leakage is said to be the major cause of blood volume loss inside the infected person’s circulatory system, severe bleeding, shock and acute respiratory disorders have also been seen in the most violent and fatal cases. Patients basically die because of severe blood loss causing the body to go into shock. Those people infected with severe illness from the Ebola Virus often have fevers, are severely delirious, agitated, combative, violent, and difficult to control. (1)
The Ebola virus is transmitted through contact with the bodily fluids of those infected. After infection, people develop the symptoms within 21 days. The simplest was to diagnose Ebola are from its flulike symptoms followed by vomiting, diarrhea, and profuse bleeding from the skin, ears, mouth, nose and rectum. People who are infected with this violent disease most often suffer from their internal organs disintegrating. There has been no successful cure for Ebola, this virus kills up to ninety percent of all cases of people infected. …show more content…
Some people who have survived having this traumatic illness have said that they have been threatened, attacked, and even shunned from their families and their communities because other people looked at them as if they were tainted and were a threat to their community because they had the disease even though they survived. This was of thinking has been linked to the increased wide spread fear of contracting the disease, the high infection and death rates, as well as decreased public knowledge and awareness of the seriousness of the illness.