a bit and move into diarrhea, vomiting, and unexplained bruising and bleeding. Chapter 5 spells out the common symptoms.
What you really need to know about recognizing Ebola is that it’s less about taking the symptoms at face value or looking at them in a vacuum and more about identifying them and comparing them to your exposure history.
Most people (especially outside of West Africa) who exhibit these symptoms don’t have Ebola. So if you’re sitting on your couch in Fort Worth, Texas, or Fort Wayne, Indiana, or St. Paul, Minnesota, or St. Augustine, Florida, wondering if your fever is Ebola, I can pretty much tell you that it’s not.
Preventing the spread of Ebola is remarkably simple and similar to any other virus prevention, so long as you’re not in a hot zone in West Africa. But even if you’re in a hot zone, some detailed protocols and safety gear and equipment can protect you.
✔ Wash your hands frequently with warm water and soap or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
✔ Avoid contact with the blood and body fluids of any person, particularly someone who is sick.
✔ Don’t handle items that may have come in contact with an infected person’s blood or body fluids.
✔ Don’t touch the body of someone who has died from Ebola.
✔ Don’t touch bats and nonhuman primates (apes and monkeys) or their blood and fluids, and don’t touch or eat raw meat prepared from these animals.
✔ Avoid facilities in West Africa where Ebola patients are being treated. The US Embassy or consulate is often able to provide advice on medical facilities.
✔ Seek medical care immediately if you develop fever, fatigue, headache, muscle pain, diarrhea, vomiting, stomach pain, or unexplained bruising or bleeding.
Refer to Chapter 4 for more detailed information about how you can keep yourself safe from Ebola. The good news: Many of these prevention methods also work against other more common viruses, such as the flu and colds.
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