Thursday, February 16, 2023 10:58 PM
The Ministry of Health and Population revealed ways to treat the deadly Marburg virus, where symptoms are treated by giving intravenous solutions or oral fluids, and there are no antivirals yet, and symptoms are treated with known drugs with the possibility of survival of the person, and the patient is isolated in a separate room and away from Gathering and preventing any individuals from visiting it and preventing marital practices, while the bodies are placed after death in bags that do not leak, and there is still no vaccine against the disease.
The Ministry of Health and Population stated that disinfection is done with sodium hypochlorite solution, infection control procedures are followed, and contacts are dealt with, as they are well monitored for a period of at least 3 weeks, and in the event that the temperature rises above 38.5, the patient is completely isolated in the hospital and treated with all necessary measures taken. Infection control measures.
Details of the treatment protocol for the deadly Marburg virus
Therapeutic protocol for the deadly Marburg virus
The Ministry of Health and Population said: The infection is transmitted through direct contact with infected persons, its secretions, infected fluids, wounds, or mucous membranes, and contact with contaminated surfaces.
And she continued: “The incubation period of the disease ranges from 2 to 21 days, and the period of infection after the onset of symptoms is for a period of up to 7 weeks after recovery, and all groups are susceptible to infection, and most of the infected cases are in adults.”
According to the guideline, the disease begins suddenly with a high fever, severe headache, and muscle pain, and it can start with acute watery diarrhea, abdominal pain, cramps, nausea, and vomiting. On the third day, diarrhea can continue for a week, and a skin rash also appears, and the disease shows severe hemorrhagic symptoms on the patient. In the period from the fifth and seventh day with persistent fever.
