Ebola can be mistaken for malaria — Medical expert

Health expert, Dr Abdullahi Nasiru, has warned Nigerians that symptoms of Ebola Virus Disease tin sometimes mimic malaria, urging residents to question due aesculapian attraction alternatively of aforesaid medication.

Speaking successful Abuja on Monday, Dr Nasiru said aboriginal symptoms of Ebola specified arsenic fever, headache, weakness, musculus symptom and fatigue are akin to those commonly associated with malaria, making it hard for immoderate radical to rapidly observe the deadly disease.

According to him, galore Nigerians often presume each fever related unwellness is malaria, a wont helium described arsenic dangerous.

“Ebola symptoms tin mimic malaria astatine the aboriginal stage. Fever, assemblage weakness, headache and vomiting are signs galore radical disregard oregon dainty casually astatine home,” Nasiru said.

He advised the wide nationalist to instantly sojourn a infirmary erstwhile symptoms persist oregon worsen, stressing that aboriginal dictation  and attraction stay captious successful containing infectious diseases.

Nasiru besides called connected wellness authorities to intensify nationalist consciousness campaigns, particularly successful agrarian communities, to forestall panic and misinformation during disea...