On fredagsförmiddagen a young man came in to the hospital in Enköping with severe symptoms.
the Symptoms were vomiting blood and bloody stool, which can be symptoms of ebolasmitta, says Michael Köhler, chief medical officer of the Region of Uppsala.
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lived in Burundi in Africa three weeks ago.
He shall, as far as we know, not to have visited the areas where there are active ebolasmitta, says Michael Köhler, and continues:
” But the symptoms are such that we need to take this seriously and have, therefore, closed the accident and emergency department.
ebola has now been moved to the Academic hospital in Uppsala and cared for in the hospital’s department of infectious diseases – where the man is kept isolated.
“It is serious, but stable right now,” says Michael Köhler.
Lasarettets emergency department is closed right now. Patients and hospital staff who were on reception when the man came into is maintained at the reception.
– They are held to we have a the results of the test, ” says Michael Köhler.
supposed to seek to the emergency room are referred to in the first instance to the primary care.
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however, not confirmed that the patient has ebola and it can however move of other diseases.
sometime during the evening, we get reliable test results, we have also taken samples for other possible diseases, ” says Michael Köhler.
Stig Norling find themselves in the emergency department in Enköping, as a patient, and bear witness that no one may leave, and not come in.
Neither the staff or patients may go from here. Now it is just wait and try to be durable. But it is a bit chaotic and in the emergency room may also stay outside. And everything feels uncomfortable with the thought of how ebola is spread, he says to TT.
Ebola is a very serious disease with blödningssymptom.
It is classified as a managed socially harmful disease, according to the Folkhälsomyndigheten and the national Board of health. In this way, the health care take special measures to keep patients with suspected infection, quarantine, or cordon off certain areas to prevent the spread.
the second case of suspected ebola in Sweden. Three years ago, investigated a woman for ebolasmitta. The woman had worked as a nurse and cared for ebolasjuka in Sierra Leone and there is a suspicion that she had been able to be infected in connection with that protective clothing is broken.
the Samples showed that the woman had not bar the infection.
If a person infected by ebola, the disease occurs as a rule within ten days. The longest incubation time identified is three weeks.
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