Post-Ebola virus syndrome | |
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Other names | Post Ebola syndrome |
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Ebola virus particles (blue) attacking a cell (yellow) | |
Specialty | Infectious disease |
Symptoms | Chest pain, fatigue, hearing loss[1] |
Causes | EVD |
Diagnostic method | Neurological observation[2] |
Post-Ebola virus syndrome (or post-Ebola syndrome) is a post-viral syndrome affecting those who have recovered from infection with Ebola.[3] Symptoms include joint and muscle pain, eye problems, including blindness, various neurological problems, and other ailments, sometimes so severe that the person is unable to work.[4] Although similar symptoms had been reported following previous outbreaks in the last 20 years, health professionals began using the term in 2014 when referring to a constellation of symptoms seen in people who had recovered from an acute attack of Ebola disease.[5]
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