Dallas Hospital Isolates Possible Ebola Case

[Skiprr]

http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/health/2 ... /16460629/

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas has a patient under strict isolation for investigation of possible Ebola infection. The initial diagnosis was based on symptoms and the patient's recent overseas travel destinations. The patient's name has not been released.

The CDC was called in and is expecting a yea or nay confirmation of the diagnosis Tuesday, September 30. A few other U.S. hospitals have admitted suspected Ebola patients, but so far all have been tested negative for the virus. This is the first hospital admission in Texas.

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas is located at Greenville Avenue and Walnut Hill Lane in Northeast Dallas.

[carlson1]

The only way I see to contain Ebola is by closing all flights coming in and out of the areas the outbreak is in.

[jmra]

The only way I see to contain Ebola is by closing all flights coming in and out of the areas the outbreak is in.

They would just fly into Mexico and walk across the border. Unless we make some drastic changes there is no containing it.

[RPBrown]

The only way I see to contain Ebola is by closing all flights coming in and out of the areas the outbreak is in.

They would just fly into Mexico and walk across the border. Unless we make some drastic changes there is no containing it.

This may be the attack of ISIS.

[Skiprr]

The result from the CDC's blood test is expected before 4:00 p.m. Central today. No additional identifying info on the patient, but it's a male and he traveled from Liberia.

[KD5NRH]

The result from the CDC's blood test is expected before 4:00 p.m. Central today. No additional identifying info on the patient, but it's a male and he traveled from Liberia.

Isn't ebola pretty transmissible for up to a week or more before onset of symptoms?

[RoyGBiv]

The result from the CDC's blood test is expected before 4:00 p.m. Central today. No additional identifying info on the patient, but it's a male and he traveled from Liberia.

Isn't ebola pretty transmissible for up to a week or more before onset of symptoms?

No... and... requires direct contact with bodily fluids.

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Ebola then spreads through human-to-human transmission via direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected people, and with surfaces and materials (e.g. bedding, clothing) contaminated with these fluids.

Symptoms of Ebola virus disease

The incubation period, that is, the time interval from infection with the virus to onset of symptoms is 2 to 21 days. Humans are not infectious until they develop symptoms. First symptoms are the sudden onset of fever fatigue, muscle pain, headache and sore throat. This is followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, symptoms of impaired kidney and liver function, and in some cases, both internal and external bleeding

[Skiprr]

Fox News is reporting that the patient in Dallas tested positive, that he is in fact the first "in the wild" Ebola case in the U.S.

Evidently the CDC will hold a press conference at 4:30 p.m. Central Time.

[Beiruty]

CDC confirms first Ebola in US.
Hitting home and very close. Dallas. Get ready for more to come.

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[Keith B]

It is not easy to catch and you must have direct contact with the individual. The area this comes from has a very poor sanitation standards. Easily passed between people when they have no modern healthcare readily available. I am more worried about the storms coming Thursday and possibly getting struck by lightning.

[anygunanywhere]

Tell that to everyone who traveled and has been in contact with this person since wheels up from Liberia.

We will see.

Anygunanywhere

[gljjt]

It is not easy to catch and you must have direct contact with the individual. The area this comes from has a very poor sanitation standards. Easily passed between people when they have no modern healthcare readily available. I am more worried about the storms coming Thursday and possibly getting struck by lightning.

Not quite accurate. Contact with body fluids is the method of transmission. The infected person doesn't have to be there, just the fluids.

[AlaskanInTexas]

Mental note - stay away from other peoples' fluids.

[powerboatr]

fluids can also be from a sneeze...so then its possible to be airborne

scary part is this guy has been walking around BIG D since the 22nd...did he go to target or walmart and sneeze or wipe his running nose on a shopping cart?
i imagine by weeks end we have new cases........
how about the med personnel he saw first


good thing we loaded up on zombie bullets

why on earth are we allowing visitors from countries with the infections to visit?
cdc has warnings for travel in the congo, liberia to mention just a few.

cdc stated the chances of an outbreak is slim...........yeah right

[anygunanywhere]

The government will save us.

Anygunanywhere