Ebola

=== Post-Ebola virus syndrome ===
If an infected person survives, recovery may be quick and complete.<ref name="Goeijenbier2014" /><ref name="Shantha2017" /> However, a large portion of survivors develop [[post-Ebola virus syndrome]] after the acute phase of the infection.<ref name="pmid31806422">{{cite journal |vauthors=Rojas M, Monsalve DM, Pacheco Y, Acosta-Ampudia Y, Ramírez-Santana C, Ansari AA, Gershwin ME, Anaya JM |date=January 2020 |title=Ebola virus disease: An emerging and re-emerging viral threat |url= |journal=Journal of Autoimmunity |volume=106 |issue= |pages=102375 |doi=10.1016/j.jaut.2019.102375 |pmid=31806422|doi-access=free }}</ref>

Prolonged cases are often complicated by the occurrence of long-term problems, such as [[orchitis|inflammation of the testicles]], [[arthralgia|joint pains]], fatigue, hearing loss, mood and sleep disturbances, [[myalgia|muscular pain]], abdominal pain, [[menstrual period|menstrual abnormalities]], [[miscarriage]]s, [[desquamation|skin peeling]], or [[alopecia|hair loss]].<ref name="Goeijenbier2014" /><ref name="Shantha2017">{{Cite journal |vauthors=Shantha JG, Crozier I, Yeh S |date=November 2017 |title=An update on ocular complications of Ebola virus disease |journal=Current Opinion in Ophthalmology |volume=28 |issue=6 |pages=600–606 |doi=10.1097/ICU.0000000000000426 |pmc=5988239 |pmid=28872492}}</ref> [[Uveitis|Inflammation and swelling of the uveal layer of the eye]] is the most common eye complication in survivors of Ebola virus disease.<ref name="Shantha2017" /> Eye symptoms, such as [[photophobia|light sensitivity]], [[hyperlacrimation|excess tearing]], and [[vision loss]] have been described.<ref>{{Cite journal |vauthors=Wiwanitkit S, Wiwanitkit V |date=2015 |title=Ocular problem in Ebola virus infection: A short review |journal=Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=225–226 |doi=10.1016/j.sjopt.2015.02.006 |pmc=4487942 |pmid=26155084}}</ref>

Ebola can stay in some body parts like the eyes,<ref name="VarkeyShantha2015">{{Cite journal |display-authors=6 |vauthors=Varkey JB, Shantha JG, Crozier I, Kraft CS, Lyon GM, Mehta AK, Kumar G, Smith JR, Kainulainen MH, Whitmer S, Ströher U, Uyeki TM, Ribner BS, Yeh S |year=2015 |title=Persistence of Ebola Virus in Ocular Fluid during Convalescence |journal=New England Journal of Medicine |volume=372 |issue=25 |pages=2423–2427 |doi=10.1056/NEJMoa1500306 |issn=0028-4793 |pmc=4547451 |pmid=25950269 |hdl=2328/35704}}</ref> breasts, and testicles after infection.<ref name=cdc9months/><ref name="MackayArden2015">{{Cite journal |vauthors=Mackay IM, Arden KE |year=2015 |title=Ebola virus in the semen of convalescent men |journal=The Lancet Infectious Diseases |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=149–150 |doi=10.1016/S1473-3099(14)71033-3 |issn=1473-3099 |pmid=25467652}}</ref> Sexual transmission after recovery has been suspected.<ref>{{Cite journal |vauthors=Rogstad KE, Tunbridge A |date=February 2015 |title=Ebola virus as a sexually transmitted infection |journal=Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=83–85 |doi=10.1097/qco.0000000000000135 |pmid=25501666 |s2cid=7538665}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |display-authors=6 |vauthors=Christie A, Davies-Wayne GJ, Cordier-Lassalle T, Blackley DJ, Laney AS, Williams DE, Shinde SA, Badio M, Lo T, Mate SE, Ladner JT, Wiley MR, Kugelman JR, Palacios G, Holbrook MR, Janosko KB, de Wit E, van Doremalen N, Munster VJ, Pettitt J, Schoepp RJ, Verhenne L, Evlampidou I, Kollie KK, Sieh SB, Gasasira A, Bolay F, Kateh FN, Nyenswah TG, De Cock KM, ((Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))) |date=8 May 2015 |title=Possible sexual transmission of Ebola virus – Liberia, 2015 |journal=MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |volume=64 |issue=17 |pages=479–481 |pmc=4584553 |pmid=25950255}}</ref> If sexual transmission occurs following recovery it is believed to be a rare event.<ref>{{Cite journal |vauthors=Sprecher, A |date=14 October 2015 |title=Handle Survivors with Care |journal=The New England Journal of Medicine |volume=377 |issue=15 |pages=1480–1482 |doi=10.1056/NEJMe1512928 |pmid=26465064 |doi-access=free}}</ref> One case of a condition similar to [[meningitis]] has been reported many months after recovery, {{as of|October 2015|lc=yes}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neuro complications cited in UK nurse's Ebola case |date=15 October 2015 |url=http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2015/10/neuro-complications-cited-uk-nurses-ebola-case |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017211314/http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2015/10/neuro-complications-cited-uk-nurses-ebola-case |archive-date=17 October 2015 |access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref>