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    • 2013 Publication

WHEN EBOLA IS CURED BUT NOT OVER

Editor's Note: Abby W. ('18) wrote this paper on Ebola, for her advanced chemistry class.
In 2014 and 2015, there was a large Ebola outbreak, infecting more then 28,000 people and killing about 11,000 in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Many doctors went to West Africa to help treat patients. One of the doctors being Dr. Ian Crozier, an American Doctor who traveled to West Africa and contracted Ebola while he was there. When Dr. Ian Crozier became infected with Ebola he traveled back to America where he was successfully treated; or at least that’s what the doctors thought. Less then two months later he noticed a loss of eyesight, intense pain in his eye, and a discoloration of his left eye. Doctors were both amazed and confused by this finding, and after many tests doctors found that the virus had invaded his eye, doctors also concluded that the virus in Dr. Ian Croziers eye didn’t pose a threat to anyone he was near. Doctors back in West Africa were also noticing similar symptoms in other Ebola survivors who had been cured months before. This posed many concerns about how the lasting effects of Ebola and how they will be taken care of in West Africa. Scientists and doctors are still looking for ways to treat the symptoms, which present in Ebola survivors.

The things that fascinated me the most in science is anything, which is medical related, which is why I knew I wanted to read an article, which was about medicine. I found this article about Ebola and the lasting effects on it and knew I wanted to read it. This story interested me because I remember Ebola being something which frightened many people last year, especially when it came to New York, and because of this I wanted to learn more about the virus. When the Ebola virus came to New York I remember many people being very worried about it spreading throughout America and because of that people became very aware of this virus, but after the initial scare of Ebola people became less interested in it. I never quite understood the severity of this virus until I read this article and discovered how it could affect you for many years or even entire life, even after you have been “cured.” I also found it intriguing that the doctors didn’t know how to treat the side effects of Ebola and how they trying to find a answer to treating the side effects of Ebola.

This is very important for other people to read because there are still so many people who are suffering from this virus; many people have been left with little to no eyesight or hearing, problems walking and joint pain. I think that when the scare of Ebola in America was over people forgot about it, so it is very important for people to know what is still happening with Ebola and finding ways to help. One way that the article mentions is that doctors in West Africa are hoping that ophthalmology, rheumatology, and rehabilitation medicine would visit West Africa to help find cures for survivors. This article also shows that even though science has come a long way there are still many unanswered questions which scientist are searching for and this is just one example.
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  • Home
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      • Scientific Research
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      • Scientific Exploration
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      • Mathematic and Scientific Exploration
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    • 2015 Publication >
      • Historical and Current Explanations >
        • Bell Curves
        • Birds Vs. Turbines
        • Energy in the Obama Era
        • The Future of Neuroscience
        • Gender Gap in Math
        • GMOs--Yes or No?
        • The History of Minecraft: How a Swedish Indie Game Came to Dominate the World
        • The Effect of Prozac on the Brain
        • Philae Lander's Discovery of Organic Molecules
        • Advantages and Disadvantages of Wind Turbines
        • Your Own Worst Enemy: An Overview of Lupus
        • The Methylhex Ban
        • The Effect of Lyme Disease on the Immune system
        • Infectious Mononucleosis
        • Replacing CFCs
        • The Switch
      • Mathematic and Scientific Explorations >
        • The 43rd Figure
        • The Clock
        • The Collatz Conjecture
        • Constructing a Soccer Ball
        • Determining how Ballparks Affect Batter's Ability to Create Hits
        • The Rotating Conundrum
        • Pythagorean Puzzle
        • Mathematic and Scientific Explorations
        • Kinetics Lab
        • Math in the Restaurant Business
        • Math as a Vessel for Social Change
        • Sustainability of Bottled Vs. Tap Water
        • Thoughts on the Lottery
        • Understanding Player Efficiency Rating
      • Scientific Research >
        • Communicating With Computers
        • The Mystery of Asthma
        • The Nanoscopic War Against Cancer
        • Phytochemistry
        • Solving the energy crisis with Intermediate Band Solar Cells
        • A Pain That Never Ends
        • Rapamycin Resistance
        • Ampacity of a Single Core Horizontal Cable
        • Morphological Properties of Texting Acronym Formation
        • cGAS and STING Expression
      • Reactions and Responses >
        • Can Humans Survive the Climate Crisis?
        • My Experience as a Teacher's Assistant
        • Ted Talk Responses
        • Teens For Food Justice
      • Artistic Creations >
        • Chandelier
        • Deltoidal Hexacontrahedon
        • Dodecahedron Card Trick
        • Eye of the Triangle
        • Free Radric Delantic Davis
        • The Grid
        • What Does A Randomly Composed Song Sound Like?
        • Science Wing Mural
    • 2014 Publication >
      • Cover Photo
      • Artistic Creations >
        • Art Using the Fibonacci Sequence
        • Computer Generated Architecture and Designs
        • Mathematical Landscape
        • Math Art
        • Math in Music
      • Historical and Current Explanations >
        • Algae Bio-Fuel
        • An Energy Alternative
        • Clean Energy In Transportation
        • Calorie Restriction
        • Creating Energy in the Modern World
        • Dietary Intervention Impact on Gut Microbial Gene Richness
        • Earthly Applications for NASA Technology
        • Explaining Relative Motion
        • Exploring Artificial Inteligence
        • Gamma Function
        • How Leaves Work
        • Hydrogen Fuel Cells
        • Music and Brain Development
        • Programming Calculators
        • The Science of Microsatellites
        • Sci-Fi Taser
        • Sloane's Gap
        • Sustainable Energy: Why Some Ideas Shine Brighter than Others
        • Understanding The Galvanic Cell
        • The Virus: Our Unforeseen Philosopher's Stone
        • What Are Fuel Cells and How Do They Work?
      • Mathematic and Scientific Explorations >
        • Astrocytes Expressing ALS-Linked Mutated SOD1 Release Factors Selectively Toxic to Motor Neurons
        • Big Bang
        • Dictyostelium Discoideum
        • The Future of Solar Cell Technology
        • And Many More...
      • Reactions and Responses >
        • Alternative Energy Sources, New but Unused
        • An Insight Into the Curious World of Ethnobotany
        • Challenging What We Think We Know
        • The Current State of American Education
        • Discovering New Numbers
        • Interview With an Architect
        • Life of Pi Response
        • Mathematical Art Video Commentary
        • Missing from Science Class
        • The Museum of Math
        • The Inside Scoop on a Real Mathematician
    • 2013 Publication