How is the treatment of Ebola
The Ebola is a viral infectious disease, which belongs to the family Filoviridae of the genre Filovirus. It is a virus in the form of a filament, which "grabs" outside the human cell to finally penetrate inside. Once it is inside it reproduces very quickly, being able to reproduce in several thousands. Therefore, it is a virus that attacks other cells and, in turn, creates new viruses, so that the infection spreads throughout the body.
It is a virus that owes its name to one of the areas where the first outbreaks were recorded, in the Ebola River (Democratic Republic of the Congo, former Zaire), back in 1976. In this year there was another outbreak of simultaneous, one in Yambuku (near the mentioned river) and another in Nzara (Sudan).
As we mentioned in the article in which we asked ourselves about the Ebola cure, Until now a cure for Ebola has not been found. Further, there is no specific treatment for the cases of Ebola, so that the only existing thing is the one known as support treatment.
As its name suggests, the support treatment is that which is used in order to maintain the life of the patient, either for a prolonged period, or until it is able to fight the infection itself (in this case, for example, until the immune system is able to develop antibodies against the virus). That is why there are people who have survived Ebola, having a stronger immune system, and having developed antibodies more quickly.
This treatment consists in giving the patient fluids in order to avoid dehydration, they are transfused with blood and / or platelets in order to fight the bleeding, and they are given medicines to control the fever.
In some cases they are given serum from infected people who have been cured and have survived Ebola, but they have not been shown to be effective, since many of these patients have finally died.
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