Symptoms of Ebola

General information about symptoms of Ebola: The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible symptoms of Ebola. This symptom information has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of symptoms of Ebola. Furthermore, symptoms of Ebola may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of symptoms and whether they are indeed symptoms of Ebola.

List of symptoms of Ebola: The list of symptoms mentioned in various sources for Ebola includes:

Symptoms of Ebola: The signs and symptoms of Ebola HF are not the same for all patients. The table below outlines symptoms of the disease, according to the frequency with which they have been reported in known cases.

Time Frame	Symptoms that occur in most Ebola patients	Symptoms that occur in some Ebola patients
Within a few days of becoming infected with the virus:	high fever, headache, muscle aches, stomach pain, fatigue, diarrhea	sore throat, hiccups, rash, red eyes, vomiting blood, bloody diarrhea
Within one week of becoming infected with the virus:	chest pain, shock, and death	blindness, bleeding

Researchers do not understand why some people are able to recover from Ebola HF and others are not. However, it is known that patients who die usually have not developed a significant immune response to the virus at the time of death¹

More symptoms of Ebola: In addition to the above information, to get a full picture of the possible symptoms of this condition and its related conditions, it may be necessary to examine symptoms that may be caused by complications of Ebola, underlying causes of Ebola, associated conditions for Ebola, risk factors for Ebola, or other related conditions.

Medical articles on symptoms: These general reference articles may be of interest:

Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: DVRD

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