What You Need to Know about West African Ebola

It pays to watch the news and be updated. Have you heard about the latest outbreak of Ebola in West Africa? Though it is far from Singapore, it still pays to be updated. Directly or indirectly, it can affect Singapore. According to World Health Organization, Ebola virus in West Africa is predicted to be contained for at least two to four months from now.

Ebola is also known as Ebola Haemorrhagic fever. You should know that there are no specific treatments that can battle the virus. The worse thing is that there is a high rate of death if a patient encounters Ebola. Here are other things that you need to know about Ebola:

• Signs and symptoms: Ebola begins by malaise. It is accompanies by chills, fever, abdominal pains, diarrhoea, joint pains, chest pains, muscle pains, nausea, hiccups, sore throats, cough, fatigue, seizure, headaches and agitation. 
• Causes: Ebola is caused by a virus. The virus has five classifications but in this case, only four remain to be the cause of Ebola.
• Transmission: Ebola can be transmitted through contact to an infected host. For example, if you use the needles already used by an infected person, you will be affected with the virus.

What is the best way to avoid this? You should watch out for travel advisories. If there is an outbreak in the place you want to visit, you should postpone it. If you came from a place with outbreak, you should be watchful for signs and symptoms. You have to know that Ebola is highly infectious and contagious.