Ebola

===Recovery or death===
Recovery may begin between seven and 14&nbsp;days after first symptoms.<ref name=Hun2012/> Death, if it occurs, follows typically six to sixteen days from first symptoms and is often due to [[hypovolemic shock|shock from fluid loss]].<ref name=Ruz2014/> In general, bleeding often indicates a worse outcome, and blood loss may result in death.<ref name="Gatherer 2014" /> People are often in a [[coma]] near the end of life.<ref name=Hun2012/>

Those who survive often have ongoing muscular and joint pain, [[hepatitis|liver inflammation]], and decreased hearing, and may have continued tiredness, continued weakness, decreased appetite, and difficulty returning to pre-illness weight.<ref name="Hun2012" /><ref name="Tosh2014" /> Problems with vision may develop.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 August 2015 |title=An emergency within an emergency: caring for Ebola survivors |url=https://www.afro.who.int/news/emergency-within-emergency-caring-ebola-survivors |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813163313/https://www.afro.who.int/en/sierra-leone/press-materials/item/7908-an-emergency-within-an-emergency-caring-for-ebola-survivors.html |archive-date=13 August 2015 |access-date=12 August 2015 |publisher=[[World Health Organization]] (WHO)}}</ref> It is recommended that survivors of EVD wear condoms for at least twelve months after initial infection or until the semen of a male survivor tests negative for Ebola virus on two separate occasions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ebola Virus Disease |url=https://srhd.org/health-topics/diseases-conditions/ebola |access-date=15 September 2020 |website=SRHD |language=en-US}}</ref>

Survivors develop [[antibodies]] against Ebola that last at least 10 years, but it is unclear whether they are immune to additional infections.<ref name="CDC2014QAT" />