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Ebola Lurked In Cured Patient's Eye
An anonymous reader writes: During the Ebola outbreak last year, Dr. Ian Crozier was infected. He was eventually airlifted to Emory University for treatment, and a couple months later he was cured of the disease — or so physicians thought. Not long after he was released, his left eye began bothering him. His sight faded, and he felt intense pressure and pain in his eye. Examination of the eye found it teeming with Ebola. His doctors were surprised. Cured patients frequently deal with health issues long after the virus is gone, but this adds a new dimension to the course of the disease.
Doctors say Crozier posed no threat to others through casual contact; the virus did not exist in his tears or on the surface of his eye. But in addition to the new symptoms, his eye turned from blue to green. And doctors had to rush to disinfect the exam area used for what they thought was an Ebola-free patient. Research is ongoing to determine whether and how to protect from this lingering ebola infection. One theory suggests the virus survived, but was damaged somehow. Crozier was treated with antiviral drugs, and his eye improved, but doctors aren't sure whether the drug actually helped. Either way, it's made the medical community realize this is a longer battle than they had thought.
Doctors say Crozier posed no threat to others through casual contact; the virus did not exist in his tears or on the surface of his eye. But in addition to the new symptoms, his eye turned from blue to green. And doctors had to rush to disinfect the exam area used for what they thought was an Ebola-free patient. Research is ongoing to determine whether and how to protect from this lingering ebola infection. One theory suggests the virus survived, but was damaged somehow. Crozier was treated with antiviral drugs, and his eye improved, but doctors aren't sure whether the drug actually helped. Either way, it's made the medical community realize this is a longer battle than they had thought.
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All the research related to HIV taught us a lot, but this kind of thing makes it obvious that we don't know nearly as much about viruses as we thought.
There are worse things out there...
(link is not for the squeamish...)
but there's no "Oh God, no!" mod.
This isn't going to do well for the stigma already suffered by ebola survivors. I believe that the survivors are generally thought to be immune to further infection as well, so it's a bit scary that the virus can still find repositories in the body where it can hang out for longer periods of time.
We have detected ebola in patient's eye.
Under no circumstances is anyone to make eye contact with the patient
I repeat, no eye contact.
This is the start; a simple mutation that allows it to spread unnoticed throughout the population...
"I totally got this eye infection, but it made my eyes this really rad color of green! Uh...Do you Smell Brains?!!" :)
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It's because she never had it to start with. She was told to enter quarantine as a precaution, she didn't do so.
A judge sided with her.
For what it matters, she was right. She never had it.
Don't give me pink eye you goddamn hippies!
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Soon to be released as a movie: Attack of the Killer Eyeballs.
Not to nitpick, but it's actually "Attack of the The Killer Eyeballs".
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You know those awful Hollywood movies, where the needle just has to go into the eye.
NO Not the EEYEE! Yes, the eye.
Has to be a needle. Has to go in the eye.
So eyeballs are the new bat placentas.
Females give birth upside down, and the goo drops down.
That's just great. Things are looking up.
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Why is there no Score:-2 for posts like this?
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I wasn't planning on sleeping tonight anyhow.
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Haha. When I was in med school, we got a lecture on arthropod-borne diseases from the state entomologist. The botfly is not the only fly that does this, just the only one that does it commonly in humans. Wild animals at certain times of year have very high parasite loads.
Research is ongoing to determine whether and how to protect from this lingering ebola infection.
So they're also considering just fucking off and leaving him be?
As another commenter has pointed out, this is not news. It is well known that viruses can cause Uveitis. Several are well known for it. Others not. In the absence of a rheumatological disease, unresolved Uveitis is presumed to be viral. A couple of years ago I had what I thought was the flu. It started to go away, I was on the mend, then it destroyed me. Several days in bed, 107 fever, rigors, probable encephalitis. 6 weeks later I developed Uveitis. My doctor has yet to identify a virus. Twice I've had PCR of the fluid in my eye looking for the usual suspects. No luck. So now I'm on a 6 month course of antivirals in the hope of killing whatever it is.
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Which is what Ebola did to this guy.
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The newest cosmetic treatment coming soon.
Tired of those drab blue eye? Make them green with Etox.
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