What Is Ebola?
3. What Are the Symptoms?
Most people experience symptoms between two and 21 days after contact with an infected person or object. Initial symptoms are considered dry symptoms. These include aches, pains, fatigue and fever. These symptoms usually progress to more severe ones that can include diarrhea and vomiting. Over time, severe pain and bleeding can occur. Although less common, some individuals experience red eyes, hiccups and skin rashes.
Many symptoms can be confused with other diseases. The first signs of Ebola are sometimes treated as malaria, influenza or typhoid fever. Unfortunately, Ebola can progress to much more serious complications. Prompt and intensive clinical care is essential to reducing the fatality rates of this disease. Symptoms can progress very rapidly and can be fatal without rapid medical intervention.
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