Former Ebola patient, released but now back in isolation in different hospital,

[pnwmom]

possibly with pneumonia.

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/05/health/ebola-us/


Dr. Richard Sacra had worked as a medical missionary in Liberia but not directly with Ebola patients. Nevertheless, he contracted the disease. He was treated in isolation at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha then released after testing negative for the virus.

Early Saturday, he went to an emergency room in Boston with a cough and fever, said missionary organization Serving in Mission. He was afraid he might have pneumonia.

Because of his previous infection, he was transferred to the UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, the center said in a statement.

Doctors there don't believe it is a recurrence of Ebola, but are keeping Sacra in isolation, in accordance with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, until they are sure what is causing his symptoms.

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[nc4bo]

1. I assume his immune system is shot to hell

From fighting the Ebola.

Poor guy.

Edit.....having the worst time typing on tablets and phone, autocorrect is annoying sometimes.

[longship]

2. Autocorrect is annoying... ALWAYS! nt

[FarPoint]

4. Agreed...

I sense his immune system is not going to rebound. He probably require monthly Gammagard infusions for the rest of his life.

[Warren DeMontague]

3. I think it is not uncommon for people to have both short and long term damage after surviving ebola.

It is, by all accounts, a nasty nasty little pathogen.

[magical thyme]

5. correct. many survivors have long lasting damage

and in the meantime, his immune system was shot to hell.