According to Ana Matos, a top health official in Spain, the nurse who contracted Ebola virus disease delayed seeking medical care for 5 days after she first developed symptoms.
The Spanish nurse, who is married, developed a fever on September 30 but did not seek medical care until October 5.
Fever, along with nausea and vomiting is considered an early symptom of the disease. Later symptoms include cardiac, renal, and liver failure and hemorrhage from the skin, eyes, mouth, and rectum.
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