Title: Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) - Symptoms and Causes | familydoctor.org
Headings: Ebola Virus Disease
Ebola Virus Disease
What is Ebola virus disease?
Symptoms of Ebola virus disease
What causes Ebola virus disease?
How is Ebola virus disease diagnosed?
Can Ebola virus disease be prevented or avoided?
Ebola virus disease treatment
Living with Ebola virus disease
Questions to ask your doctor
Resources
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Ebola virus disease
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: History of Ebola virus disease

Content: Ebola virus disease treatment
Currently, there is no medicine to treat EVD. Some experimental medicines are being tested. The main goal of treatment is to manage your symptoms. Options may include: Getting fluids to prevent dehydration
Regulating and replacing salts and other chemicals in the body
Maintaining blood pressure
Taking medicine to relieve fever, diarrhea, nausea, and pain
Getting oxygen
Treating other infections
Close supervision and care by health care professionals is very important. A patient with EVD may need intensive care unit (ICU) services. Living with Ebola virus disease
Overall, EVD leads to death in about half of people who become infected. People who recover from EVD may still be contagious. The Ebola virus can remain in certain body fluids for some time. For example, men can spread the virus through their semen for up to 3 months after their symptoms first appear.