Ebola

===Standard support===
[[File:Ebola outbreak in Gulu Municipal Hospital.jpg|thumb|A hospital isolation ward in [[Gulu|Gulu, Uganda]], during the October 2000 outbreak]]
Treatment is primarily [[Palliative care|supportive]] in nature.<ref name="Clark_2012">{{Cite journal |vauthors=Clark DV, Jahrling PB, Lawler JV |date=September 2012 |title=Clinical management of filovirus-infected patients |journal=Viruses |volume=4 |issue=9 |pages=1668–86 |doi=10.3390/v4091668 |pmc=3499825 |pmid=23170178 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Early supportive care with rehydration and symptomatic treatment improves survival.<ref name=WHO2014/> Rehydration may be via the [[Oral rehydration therapy|oral]] or [[Intravenous therapy|intravenous]] route.<ref name=Clark_2012/> These measures may include [[pain management]], and treatment for [[antiemetic|nausea]], [[antipyretic|fever]], and [[anxiolytic|anxiety]].<ref name=Clark_2012/> The [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) recommends avoiding [[aspirin]] or [[ibuprofen]] for pain management, due to the risk of bleeding associated with these medications.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ebola messages for the general public |url=https://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/messages/en/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025120028/https://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/messages/en/ |archive-date=25 October 2014 |access-date=26 October 2014 |publisher=[[World Health Organization]] (WHO)}}</ref>

Blood products such as [[packed red blood cells]], [[platelet]]s, or [[fresh frozen plasma]] may also be used.<ref name=Clark_2012/> Other regulators of coagulation have also been tried including [[heparin]] in an effort to prevent [[disseminated intravascular coagulation]] and [[Coagulation factors|clotting factors]] to decrease bleeding.<ref name=Clark_2012/> [[Antimalarial medication]]s and [[antibiotics]] are often used before the diagnosis is confirmed,<ref name=Clark_2012/> though there is no evidence to suggest such treatment helps. Several [[Ebola virus disease treatment research|experimental treatments are being studied]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Ebola virus disease |url=https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/ebola-virus-disease |access-date=28 May 2020 |website=www.who.int |language=en}}</ref>

Where hospital care is not possible, the WHO's guidelines for home care have been relatively successful. Recommendations include using towels soaked in a bleach solution when moving infected people or bodies and also applying bleach on stains. It is also recommended that the caregivers wash hands with bleach solutions and cover their mouth and nose with a cloth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Annex 18. Transmission risk reduction of filoviruses in home-care settings |url=https://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/Annex_18_risk_reduction_home_care.pdf?ua=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026092619/https://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/Annex_18_risk_reduction_home_care.pdf?ua=1 |archive-date=26 October 2014 |access-date=26 October 2014 |publisher=[[World Health Organization]] (WHO)}}</ref>