tsquaure: Let's start d very beginning. Thumbs down to the ministry of health who were aware that the epidemic was ravaging parts of west africa but did absolutely nothing until d index case came into nigeria. Thumbs up to the mgt team especially doc ameyo who informed lagos state about d sawyer. Despite the fact that they knew it may cause their hosp to be shut down and staff quarantined. Thumbs up to Lagos state for taking action n not folding their arms despite the docs strike .appreciation goes all d volunteers who walked where even angels dread. Special mention must go to the one who started d salt rumour . I hope u are ashamed wherever u are. As for the minister whose delight is to inform wheather or not he is very sure, we dey siddon look. May d souls of d departed rest in peace.

rickkid:
If this headline was "Ebola Patient Dies in Lagos", BBC World would have Andrew Harding reporting live right now from Ikoyi with screen flashes of the number of dead patients from Nigeria.

When we tell you people that these guys are not your friends you'll be saying something else.

JuanDeDios:
And the both of you have bothered to confirm this wasn't on the BBC? No. The BBC hates your wonderful country and its fantastic government.

GenBuhari: Its not one case its zero cases.

I said all along that whole Ebola epidemic is a hoax


Rabies facts from W.H.O.

Fact Sheet N°99
Updated August 2014

Key facts

Rabies occurs in more than 150 countries and territories.
More than 60 000 people die of rabies every year mostly in Asia and Africa.
40% of people who are bitten by suspect rabid animals are children under 15 years of age.
Dogs are the source of the vast majority of human rabies deaths.
Wound cleansing and immunization within a few hours after contact with a suspect rabid animal can prevent the onset of rabies and death.
Every year, approximately 29 million people worldwide receive a post-exposure vaccination to prevent the disease at an estimated cost of US$2.1 billion.
Rabies is a zoonotic disease (a disease that is transmitted to humans from animals) that is caused by a virus. The disease affects domestic and wild animals, and is spread to people through close contact with infectious material, usually saliva, via bites or scratches.

Rabies is present on all continents with the exception of Antarctica, but more than 95% of human deaths occur in Asia and Africa. Once symptoms of the disease develop, rabies is nearly always fatal. Rabies is a neglected disease of poor and vulnerable populations whose deaths are rarely reported. It occurs mainly in remote rural communities where measures to prevent dog to human transmission have not been implemented.

More than 100 countries report cases of rabies in dogs putting people at risk. Vaccinating at least 70% of dogs breaks the cycle of transmission in dogs and to humans. Safe, efficacious and affordable dog rabies vaccines are available, and countries embarking on rabies elimination need easy access to quality-assured dog vaccines for vaccination campaigns and for outbreak management.

Symptoms
The incubation period for rabies is typically 1–3 months, but may vary from <1 week to >1 year. The initial symptoms of rabies are fever and often pain or an unusual or unexplained tingling, pricking or burning sensation (paraesthesia) at the wound site.

As the virus spreads through the central nervous system, progressive, fatal inflammation of the brain and spinal cord develops.

Two forms of the disease can follow. People with furious rabies exhibit signs of hyperactivity, excited behaviour, hydrophobia and sometimes aerophobia. After a few days, death occurs by cardio-respiratory arrest.

Paralytic rabies accounts for about 30% of the total number of human cases. This form of rabies runs a less dramatic and usually longer course than the furious form. The muscles gradually become paralyzed, starting at the site of the bite or scratch. A coma slowly develops, and eventually death occurs. The paralytic form of rabies is often misdiagnosed, contributing to the under-reporting of the disease.

Diagnosis
No tests are available to diagnose rabies infection in humans before the onset of clinical disease, and unless the rabies-specific signs of hydrophobia or aerophobia are present, the clinical diagnosis may be difficult. Human rabies can be confirmed intra-vitam and post mortem by various diagnostic techniques aimed at detecting the whole virus, viral antigens, viral-specific antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid, or nucleic acids in infected tissues (brain, skin, urine or saliva).

Transmission
People are usually infected following a deep bite or scratch by an infected animal. Dogs are the main host and transmitter of rabies. They are the source of infection in all of the estimated 50 000 human rabies deaths annually in Asia and Africa.

Bats are the source of most human rabies deaths in the Americas. Bat rabies has also recently emerged as a public health threat in Australia and western Europe. Human deaths following exposure to foxes, raccoons, skunks, jackals, mongooses and other wild carnivore host species are very rare.

Transmission can also occur when infectious material – usually saliva – comes into direct contact with human mucosa or fresh skin wounds. Human-to-human transmission by bite is theoretically possible but has never been confirmed. Changes in the environment and close human contact with wildlife can lead to increased human exposure to rabies-infected wildlife species.

Rarely, rabies may be contracted by inhalation of virus-containing aerosol or via transplantation of an infected organ. Ingestion of raw meat or other tissues from animals infected with rabies is not a source of human infection.

desgiezd:

Seems you have forgotten, so soon, that in spite of the strike action, some doctors volunteered to offer their services.

By the way, can we just continue to live our lives and do away with our doctors?

MissMeiya:

I doubt if anyone recognized the sarcasm.

Really!!!


But late Doctor Ada that died was a Doctor Na..

Okay!! If indeed people missed the sarcasm, then I think I should be in Politics.

cococandy: If that one person is still alive and showing symptoms,then it is not curbed yet.
Anything can happen
A doctor,nurse or ward maid can get careless and take the virus home.

So fingers crossed.
Pre-mature celebration

vedd: We were told that Adadevoh has been discharged with a clean bill of health before we lost her.

Blockus:


Really!!!


But late Doctor Ada that died was a Doctor Na..

Okay!! If indeed people missed the sarcasm, then I think I should be in Politics.

bamite: girls can be fine sha

bamite: and u think u've made sence??
smh

Idrismusty97: Successfully? This is what premium times have to say.
Have we even closed our borders? Or at lest imposed strict border control? Reporting at this early stage of a so called victory against ebola is a primitive thinking. This may come back to haunt those who publicly declared victory. Remeber the "We have rescue all the kidnapped girls" moment.

Blockus:


You saw my User i.d right?!



Dude... You needs to smoke some weed and chill the fhuck out. Life aint that serious.

cococandy: When will you get sense?
No offense.
Ebola a hoax?
Na wa sha. And you're proudly saying it all over the forum. So we should get careless about ebola because rabies exists?.

jideomowunmi:



And we did it without a Single Doctor..



FHUCK the NMA, Nigerian Doctors and their Sponsors THE APC..






I used to think I am d only one d doctors are annoying ooo...as in...my respect for dem has practically dropped to 1%.....

cococandy: When will you get sense?
No offense.
Ebola a hoax?
Na wa sha. And you're proudly saying it all over the forum. So we should get careless about ebola because rabies exists?.

poiZon:





who needs doctor wen oga chemist dey.....
oga abeg mix 100 .naira ebola drugs for me add one dose of jackie for mental strenght incase bissie arrive for late night show.

vedd: We were told that Adadevoh has been discharged with a clean bill of health before we lost her.

berem: Meaning we should start eating bush meat again? Thank God o!

Nobleval: I know. I feel it...I don't need a prophet to tell me.

vedd: We were told that Adadevoh has been discharged with a clean bill of health before we lost her.

Blockus:



And we did it without a Single Doctor..



FHUCK the NMA, Nigerian Doctors and their Sponsors THE APC..



GEJ till the Nigerian Flag changes to Yellow White Yellow..

#NIGERIANS.. We dont Die, We multiply.