Ebola Symptoms: Why No One In Britain Clearly Has The Disease Yet

Ebola Symptoms Are Pretty Hard To Miss...
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Do I have Ebola? The likely answer is NO. Ebola's brutal symptoms mean the disease, which is killing hundreds of people in west Africa in its worst ever outbreak, is hard to miss.

After Europe's first case of Ebola was confirmed, Ebola panic has taken off in the UK, with hospitals on high alert, calls for airport screenings and even a school banning the visit of a Sierra Leonean child and his mother, despite both being health screened and cleared by authorities.

But the severity of Ebola's symptoms of the disease, which has killed 90% of those it has infected in past outbreaks, mean those fearing they will soon be walking through an abandoned, desolate London, 28 Days Later-style, can breathe easy - especially given infected people only become contagious when the symptoms start to show.

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Checking for Ebola symptoms: A teacher uses a thermometer to take a students temperature at a primary school in Lagos, Nigeria

While there is a 50% chance of Ebola coming to the UK in the next three weeks, the NHS has reassuring words for anyone who comes into close contact with anyone infected.

"Simply washing hands with soap and water can destroy the virus," its advice on the disease says.

This is what Ebola sufferers can expect.

Ebola Symptoms
Ebola Symptoms: Fever(01 of06)
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Two to 21 days after becoming infected, the victim shows fever-like symptoms including a headache, joint pain, sore throat and what the NHS calls "intense muscle weakness".
But the symptoms that follow make it much gorier than this 'man suffering first symptoms of Ebola' stock photo suggests.
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Ebola Symptoms: Red eyes(02 of06)
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A relatively early symptom can be red eyes. Doctors Without Borders says this does not alert people that they may have Ebola because it is relatively common. (credit:ZOOM DOSSO via Getty Images)
Ebola Symptoms: Diarrhea(03 of06)
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Victims suffer diarrhea (Ebola victim suffering from high fever and bloody diarrhea pictured) which one expert described as "severe and watery". (credit:POOL via Getty Images)
Ebola Symptoms: Vomiting(04 of06)
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Victims also begin vomiting, including bringing up blood. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
Ebola Symptoms: Rashes(05 of06)
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Victims also developed "measles-like" rashes, according to the WHO. (credit:BSIP via Getty Images)
Ebola Symptoms: Massive bleeding(06 of06)
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In one of the later symptoms exhibityed. patients often bloeed profusely from orifices. The US National Library of Medicine says they can bleed from the eyes, ears, and nose and also suffer gastrointestinal bleeding, from the mouth and rectum. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)