With Ebola running rampant in different regions of the world such as Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea in West Africa resulting in over 4,000 deaths, needless to say this epidemic is becoming increasingly more and more alarming. The epidemic is now becoming a global issue as more and more cases pop up here in the states. Now aside from a new case of the epidemic hitting in Texas where a nurse has been quarantined for the Ebola virus being present in her blood, looks like now a Boston resident could be afflicted with the disease as well….Get deets inside.
According to reports, a man in Boston, MA who recently returned from Liberia is currently being evaluated after complaining of a headache and muscle aches, health officials inform. While reports suggests that the patient is unlikely to have Ebola, doctors must do their due diligence before they can give a clean bill of health to patient.
Yahoo reports….
“The patient is at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center but there is no confirmation of Ebola, said Dr. Kenneth Sands, chief quality officer at Beth Israel.
The response in Massachusetts demonstrates the high state of alert medical facilities are under since a Texas health worker became the first person on Sunday to contract the disease in the United States. She had treated a Liberian man who died of the deadly virus last week.
“We are taking all necessary precautions in collaboration with the city of Boston and the department of public health for the potential that this is suspected Ebola,” Sands said at a news conference. “We are only at the stage where we are doing an assessment.”
Sands said if Ebola is suspected, doctors will test him for the disease, possibly with the help of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Testing would take 24 to 48 hours, he said.”
Let’s hope a viable treatment plan is figured out pronto before this epidemic get any worse!
