Largest Study of Ebola Survivors Finds They Commonly Report Vision, Hearing, Joint Pain Problems (IMAGE)

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Largest Study of Ebola Survivors Finds They Commonly Report Vision, Hearing, Joint Pain Problems

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The largest study of survivors of the largest recorded outbreak of Ebola virus disease found they commonly reported complications such as vision, hearing and joint pain problems up to months after they were discharged from an Ebola treatment facility. Shown here is study co-author and ophthalmic nurse Amadu Kamara, Baptist Eye Hospital Lunsar, Port Loko, Sierra Leone.

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Photo by Dr. Sharmistha Mishra.

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