The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by Ebola:
Respiratory system (J00-J99)
- Pulmonary “capillary leak syndrome” (CLS) – serious disease originating in the lungs with generalized edema (water retention) caused by increased permeability of capillary vessels resulting in leakage of plasma and plasma proteins into the interstitium (interstitial space)
Eyes and eye appendages (H00-H59).
- Ocular problems (50-60% of patients): uveitis (inflammation of the medial uvea), loss of vision.
Blood, blood-forming organs – immune system (D50-D90).
- Coagulopathy (bleeding tendency).
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases (E00-E90).
- Dehydration (lack of fluid).
- Metabolic acidosis, as a result of severe dehydration.
Cardiovascular system (I00-I99)
Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).
- Post-Ebola syndrome – survivors sometimes complain of arthralgia (joint pain), cephalgia (headache), abdominal pain (abdominal pain), vision and hearing loss, impotence, hemorrhage, and psychological symptoms as early as two weeks after discharge from the hospital; incidence up to 70%.
- Sepsis (blood poisoning) with multiple organ failure (MOV; also: MODS: multiple organ dysfunction syndrome).
Liver, gallbladder, and bile ducts-pancreas (pancreas) (K70-K77; K80-K87).
- Pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas).
Mouth, esophagus (esophagus), stomach, and intestines (K00-K67; K90-K93).
- Pan-enteritis (inflammation of the entire small intestine).
- Paralytic ileus (intestinal obstruction caused by intestinal paralysis).
Ears – mastoid process (H60-H95)
- Hearing loss* (6%)
- Tinnitus* (ringing in the ears; 20 %)
Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99)
- Epileptic seizures
- Mild cognitive impairment (LKB; mild cognitive impairment, MCI) to dementia.
- Meningitis (meningitis).
- Meningoencephalitis (combined inflammation of the brain (encephalitis) and meninges (meningitis)).
- Psychosis
Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (R00-R99).
- Abdominal pain* (abdominal pain).
- Arthralgia* (joint pain)
- Cephalgia* (headache)
- Chronic pain*
- Edema (water retention)
Genitourinary system (N00-N99)
- Renal failure due to nephropathy (kidney disease).
Further
- In the first year after illness, 5-fold increased mortality risk (risk of death) among Ebola survivors (age-standardized mortality rate 5.2; 95% confidence interval 4.0 to 6.8); thereafter, mortality was no longer increased.
* Post-Ebola syndrome