14 Facts about Rabies You should Know
14 Facts about Rabies You should Know By: Arlene Gentallan 14 Facts about Rabies You should Know Rabies is a disease caused by rabies virus which affects the central nervous sytem. Here are the facts you should know: 1. Rabies is fatal. Once symptoms of rabies appears, it's usually too late to treat it. The victim usually dies. 2. The nearer the bite site to the brain, the earlier the symptoms of rabies appears. 3. Early symptoms of rabies includes a tingling sensation at the area of the animal bite, fever, headache, bodyache, malaise, nausea, loss of appetite. As the disease progress, symptoms worsens: muscle spasm, difficulty speaking, irritability, confusion, hallucination, aggressiveness, double vision, difficulty breathing, hydrophobia (fear of water), hypersalivation, paralysis, coma. 4. Humans are infected with rabies through saliva of an infected animal transmitted through bite, scratch or lick to an open wound or mucous membrane. 5. Worldwide, the most common animal that i...

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