What are new symptoms in Ebola?

Survivors of infection by Ebola virus, already known to face vision, hearing and other problems during their recovery, may also be plagued with health issues such as depression, anxiety and nerve damage that surface after they leave the hospital, according to a small spot survey of victims whose care was managed in the U.S.

New symptoms surface in Ebola patients months after initial recovery

Some of the signs and symptoms can persist for months, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta found.

The data, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, offer a snapshot of what eight patients, most of whom had been discharged at least four months earlier, had experienced – and were continuing to experience – during their recovery. A ninth patient was still recovering in the hospital at the time of the March survey and was included in the survey.

The results add “a few more observations to the growing body of knowledge on (what is coming to be known as) post-Ebola virus disease syndrome,” Dr. Christopher Dye, director of strategy in the Office of the Director-General at the World Health Organization, told Reuters Health in an email.

“We’re happy that most of the EVD patients who were managed in the U.S. survived, but surviving EVD is not the end of the story,” said lead author Dr. Timothy Uyeki, clinical team lead for the CDC’s Ebola response team. “There are complications, sequelae and symptoms reported by these survivors, and we need a lot more research into the frequency, duration and the pathogenesis of the post-Ebola signs and symptoms, and how to manage them.”

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