Less than two months after being released from the infirmary , Ebola survivor Dr. Ian Crozier grow intense pain and fade vision in his left eye , which to his horror changed from blue to dark-green . Doctors found Crozier ’s eye awash with the Ebola virus , which they had initially remember he was exculpated of , The New York Times reports .
“ I ’ve been doing what I do for 40 years and I ’ve never seen such a reversibility , ” said Dr. C. Stephen Foster , a clinical professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and the main executive officeholder of the Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution , to The New York Times .
Crozier ’s doctor speculates that the change in centre color could bea import of the viral infectionthat has caused a “ transformation ” in the metabolism of the iris , which is consistent everywhere . What precisely this metabolic alteration may have been , however , stay a mystery . Foster tellsThe New York Timesthat this could happen again to other Ebola survivors .
Since last year ’s epidemic , the focusing has been on discourse and prevention , and physician are now being confronted with what ’s been describe as ‘ Post - Ebola Syndrome . ’Crozier and a number of West African survivors reporta range of symptom , such as visual problems and joint , sinew and chest bother , since contract the virus . As Denise Grady report , Crozier ’s Doctor of the Church were surprised to find the virus inside his optic because although the virusmay be encounter in semenfor months after a patient recovers , other torso fluids were conceive to persist clear-cut .
Survivors of Ebola in West Africa need help to not only deal with their psychological and social needs , but the weightlift trouble of forcible after - effects of the disease , says The World Health Organization(WHO ) .
Dr. Margaret Nanyonga , a psychosocial support officer for the WHO in Kenema , has antecedently calledfor further information on why these symptoms persist , and whether these symptom are make by the disease or the treatment . She has develop anassessment toolthat will be used to identify the most common symptom and make what can be done to help survivors stick out from these ailments .
