A doctor has beaten the odds and survived Ebola, but he still has one more problem: The stigma of the deadly disease. [s]News24[/s] reports that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed more than 145 lives so far and unfortunately for the lucky few, the stink of stigma lingers long after the virus has been purged. Surviving Ebola is a matter of staying alive long enough to have the chance to develop enough antibodies to fight off the virus, said Prof David Heymann of the [b]London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine[/b]. That’s because it’s typically the symptoms of Ebola – severe fever, haemorrhaging, dehydration, and respiratory problems – that kill a patient.
[link url=http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Survivors-of-Ebola-face-stigma-20140427]Full News24 report[/link]