Ebola fever - what is it?
In the media, this infection is called «Hemorrhagic ebol fever». But more correct, adopted by doctors around the world. The name sounds longer - «The disease caused by the ebola virus». The first letters of this term doctors joined, and the BVVE abbreviation turned out. This is a viral infection for which the defeat of many organs and their systems is characteristic. Everything happens under direct influence DVS syndrome. I will explain to readers that so abbreviations in three letters doctors are called disseminated intravascular coiling. In case of ebol fever in different fabrics, prominent necrosis occurs. It turns out that the person is alive, but the organs affected by a cunning virus are already inside died, their rotting begins, decomposition. At the same time, a huge amount of toxic compounds is distinguished, which is fraught with severe intoxication. All structural units of blood are destroyed, it concerns the platelets responsible for the process of its completion. Blooding does not occur, and this leads to massive bleeding, both outdoor and inner. Therefore, fever and name is hemorrhagic. Of the 10 battered infections die from five to nine people (this indicator depends on the variety of virus). The virus of this dangerous disease was first recorded in 1976, then he struck the inhabitants of villages located in the Ebola River Basin (this is the African jungle) - hence the name of the disease. Here is its features:
- Severe current, often with fatal.
- Flashing infections happen spontaneously in the regions of Western and Central Africa near wet tropical forests.
- Ebola virus per person moves from animals (bats, monkeys, rodents), and then a sick person infects others and contact with him.
- Intensive therapy and symptomatic agents suffering from ebola.
How does Ebola virus apply?
If there is a slightest suspicion of Ebola fever (when a person has in contact with infected or their blood, other discharges of the body), then the sick immediately take blood and tissue samples for complex laboratory tests, including the definition of antibodies, detecting antigens of the virus, from PCR , serum neutralization, electron microscopy, separation of the causative agent of the disease in cell cultures. The newest technologies allow diagnostics with urine samples, saliva. All these analyzes are held in special institutions, where the conditions of the greatest biological isolation are observed.
About treatment
At the time of writing a specific treatment methods, there are no. In the arsenal doctors only symptomatic means. And the departure of the patient is required intense:
- introduction to Vienna under conditions of resuscitation of electrolyte solutions to prevent dehydration;
- the introduction of blood preparations (hemostatic therapy);
- respiratory support;
- Use of antiserum;
- disinfection.
Everything else depends on the individual characteristics of the fallen person. And if the body has overwhelmed Ebola fever, it develops strong immunity to the virus, it is believed that this person is not already infected.
Used serums and preparations are still experimental, their clinical trials are not completed in full. But there is hope that the means will soon appear to pacify the ebola virus. Licensed, standardized, tested for all the rules of vaccine, ready for use in large populations, is also not yet. But the prototypes of vaccine drugs already exist, now they pass all the necessary tests.
ON MEASS OF PREVENTION
To avoid infection with the Ebola virus, doctors advise to comply with such rules:
- In countries where the virus is rampant, people should limit all sorts of contact with allegedly sick animals or a risk group (mumps, macales, other monkeys, bats;
- bypassing the corpses of animals found in the rainforest of the African continent;
- subject to careful culinary processing (cooking, frying, baking) products of animal origin;
- If there is the slightest suspicion of the Ebola virus in a person, then it must be placed in an individual equipped boxing in an infectious hospital, where the strictest mode is carefully observed;
- Caring for infected is permitted only in special clothes for such cases;
- try so that no excretion of the ebola patient falls on your skin or mucous membranes;
- After contacting the disinfection of the hands, face;
- All items that were used by the patient, relies on sterilization, other processing, stored in a separate place;
- The dressing material after use should be burned, and linen and surfaces in boxing, where the infected is infected, processed by a dissertation, for example, with a phenolic solution (2% concentration);
- There is a method of specific prevention of this fever - not yet a sick, but former in contact with an infected person, serum is introduced, which was obtained from immunized horses (it acts by analogy with anti-beadable);
- To the corpses of the dead from this disease are allowed to touch only those who are rolled into a special costume.
The Government of the Russian Federation takes all measures to prevent the import of dangerous Ebola virus to our country. Soon at airports will be installed special equipment, allowing you to quickly identify possible media of the virus. For students who arrive in high schools from African countries will be conducted. Our scientists will continue research on the creation of a vaccine against Ebola fever.
