ebola presentation 2014
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EBOLA VIRUS
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE
POLYTECHNIC OF NAMIBIA
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WHAT IS EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE (EVD)?
•KNOWN AS EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, OFTEN-FATAL DISEASE AND EASILY SPREADS FROM PERSON TO PERSON AND CAN PREVENTED.
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HOW IS EBOLA SPREAD•DIRECT CONTACT WITH WOUNDS, BODY FLUIDS
OF INFECTED PERSON OR ANIMAL. • UN-STERILIZED INJECTIONS.• USING SKIN PIERCING INSTRUMENTS THAT HAVE
BEEN USED BY AN INFECTED PERSON.•DIRECT PHYSICAL HANDLING OF PERSONS WHO
HAVE DIED OF EBOLA.• EATING DEAD ANIMALS.
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SIGNS & SYMPTOMS
• INCUBATION PERIOD: 2-21 DAYS •STAGE I• MUSCLE ACHES, FEVER, VOMITING• RED EYES, SKIN RASH, DIARRHEA,
STOMACH PAIN
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SIGNS & SYMPTOMS cont…•STAGE II (SPECIFIC):
• BLEEDING/HEMORRHAGING FROM SKIN, OPENINGS, INTERNAL ORGANS
• ANURIA (THE ABSENCE OF URINE FORMATION)
• HICCUPS
• TACHYPNEA (RAPID BREATHING).
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PREVENTION• Avoid direct contact with body fluids,
beddings and clothing's.• Do not touch wounds of an infected
person with unprotected hands.• Do not use skin piercing instruments that
have been used on a patient suffering from Ebola.• Avoid eating dead animals especially
monkeys.
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PREVENTION CONTINUES…• PERSONS WHO HAVE DIED OF EBOLA MUST BE
HANDLED WITH STRONG PROTECTIVE WEAR AND BURIED IMMEDIATELY.• AFTER HANDLING A PATIENT SUFFERING FROM EBOLA,
YOU MUST WASH YOUR HAND THOROUGHLY WITH SOAP AND WATER.• SUSPECTED PERSON MUST BE KEPT AWAY FROM OTHER
PEOPLE.
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TREATMENT•NO STANDARD TREATMENT AVAILABLE • PATIENTS RECEIVE SUPPORTIVE THERAPY:
• TREATING COMPLICATING INFECTIONS •BALANCING PATIENT’S FLUIDS AND
ELECTROLYTES•MAINTAINING OXYGEN STATUS AND BLOOD
PRESSURE
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FACTS• CAN BE PREVENTED,• BODY FLUIDS ARE STILL INFECTIONS DAYS AFTER DEATH• HIGHLY INFECTIOUS,• CAN KILL IN SHORT TIME,• NO VACCINE
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THANK YOU
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