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In the first few days after individuals are infected with Ebola virus,
symptoms are variable. They often resemble those of many other diseases:
fever, severe sore throat, headache, and muscle aches. The symptoms
of Ebola hemorrhagic fever will often rapidly progress to more
serious symptoms such as rash, chest pain, severe bloody vomiting and
diarrhea, uncontrolled internal bleeding, kidney and liver failure, and
shock.
Doctors can diagnose Ebola hemorrhagic fever on the basis of the
signs and symptoms that become manifest in patients as they quickly
become ill during outbreaks. Blood tests can sometimes identify the
virus directly, or antibodies to Ebola virus produced by the body during
infection can be detected in the blood. Doctors have to be careful when
performing tests because simply injecting a needle into a patient who is
prone to hemorrhage can trigger uncontrolled bleeding.