RABIESPeter Soellinger

Cause

Rabies is a zoonotic disease (a disease that is transmitted to humans from animals) that is caused by a virus. The disease affects domestic and wild animals, and is spread to people through close contact with infectious material, usually saliva, via bites or scratches.

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SymptomsCan occur a day after the bite or also a year. irritability excessive movements or agitation confusion hallucinations aggressiveness bizarre or abnormal thoughts muscle spasms abnormal postures seizures (convulsions) weakness or paralysis (when a person cannot move some part of the

body) extreme sensitivity to bright lights, sounds, or touch increased production of saliva or tears difficulty speaking

Symptoms cont. Advanced stages: double vision problems moving facial muscles abnormal movements of the diaphragm and

muscles that control breathing difficulty swallowing and increased

production of saliva, causing the "foaming at the mouth" usually associated with a rabies infection

Death

When bitten undertake these steps right away: Wash the bite area with soap and water for 10

minutes and cover the bite with a clean bandage. Immediately call your doctor and go to a nearby

emergency department. Anyone with a possible rabies infection must be treated in a hospital.

Call local animal-control authorities to help find the animal that caused the bite.

If you suspect that your child was bitten by an unknown dog, bat, rat, or other animal, contact your doctor immediately or take your child to the emergency department.

Treatment

You will get a tetanus shot which is similar to the flu shot which is a vaccine

There is no cure

FACTS

50 000 die every year You get infected when an infected

animal bites you Almost always fatal if not treated early About 7 000 animals have rabies Rabies is sex-linked