{"id":24771,"date":"2014-08-18T00:34:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T00:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homeobook.com\/?p=24771"},"modified":"2022-01-06T00:47:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T00:47:24","slug":"ebola-outbreak-its-catastrophic-consequences-and-homoeopathic-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeobook.com\/ebola-outbreak-its-catastrophic-consequences-and-homoeopathic-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebola outbreak, it\u2019s catastrophic consequences and Homoeopathic management"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prof Dr Suhail N. Sheikh
\n<\/strong>PROFESSOR \u00a0& H.O.D, Department of Repertory, \u00a0Motiwala Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital Nasik- 422222\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr Noor S Sheikh, M.B.B.S
\n<\/strong>Consulting Family Physician\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email: drsuhailsheikh@gmail.com\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abstract:
\n<\/strong>Ebola virus disease (EVD) also once known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe and a fatal illness in humans and animals. The fatality rate in an infected person is of up to 90%.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The outbreak of this infection first occurred in remote villages in Central and West Africa, near tropical rainforests. The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission. The natural host of the Ebola virus is fruit bats of the Pteropodidae<\/em> family.\u00a0 Severely ill patients require intensive supportive care. No specific treatment or vaccine is available at present for use in people.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Introduction: <\/strong>First of all we must understand what actually a virus is.Viruses are capsules with genetic material inside. They are very tiny. The infection viruses can cause varies from mild\u00a0\u00a0 infectious diseases such as the common cold, influenza to severe illnesses such as HIV, Smallpox, and Bird flu to hemorrhagic fevers.\u00a0 They invade normal cells and multiply in those cells and produces viruses similar to them i.e. they can only reproduce inside a host\u2019s living cell. This kills the cells and causes sickness in us. As this viruses live in our body cells it\u2019s very difficult to kill them because medicines flow in the main blood stream and cannot reach this viruses easily. Antibiotics have no role in treating a viral infection.\u00a0 Only vaccines are helpful in preventing these diseases. That\u2019s why some of the most serious communicable diseases known to medical science are viral in origin. Viruses pose a considerable challenge to the body\u2019s immune system because they hide inside cells. T-lymphocytes which are special immune system cells can recognise and kill cells containing viruses as this infected cells surface are changed when the virus begins to multiply.<\/p>\n

It is possible to vaccinate against many serious viral infections such as measles, mumps, hepatitis A and hepatitis B. But some viruses are capable of mutating from one person to the next. Vaccination for these kinds of viruses is difficult, because the viruses have already changed their format by the time vaccines are developed and these virus can keep dodging the immune system.<\/p>\n

Different types of viruses.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The four main types of virus include:<\/p>\n