British Nurse’s Re-Hospitalization, Reports of Blindness and Other ‘Post-Ebola Syndrome’ Complications Haunt Survivors

October 9, 2015

(Washington Post) – A year ago, when the World Health Organization sent a team to Kenema, a part of Sierra Leone where the outbreak first hit, patients reported a whole range of “post-Ebola syndrome” symptoms. “Apart from visual problems which affect approximately 50% of Ebola survivors in Kenema, people complain of ‘body aches’ such as joint, muscle and chest pain. They also suffer headaches and extreme fatigue, making it difficult to take up their former lives — especially if it involved manual work — as farmers, labourers and housewives,” the World Health Organization  said in a report.