Keepourlive--Around 130 countries in the world have been infected with rabies, and about 45,000 people die of rabies each year. Rabies or commonly known as hydrophobia is a disease that attacks the nervous system. In Indonesia, the disease is mainly transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected rabies from dog (the percentage reached 98%). Another source of transmission from monkeys, cats and ferrets. What if inadvertently and inevitably is having a bite of animals suspected of rabies? These are the symptoms of rabies that you need to consider:
- In the area of the bite, tingling, pain, severe itching may occur
- Fever up chills
- Nausea, vomiting
- lack of appetite
- headache
- Pain in the throat, so afraid to drink
- Restlessness, anxiety
- awake
- Fear of light
- excess saliva
The above symptoms are the first symptoms of rabies. In advanced symptoms can cause serious nerve damage, in the form of muscle contraction contraction are not recognized until the convulsions. In fact, the patient's condition may worsen to paralysis and coma.
Usually, symptoms of rabies occur within 3-8 weeks (may be more), since the entry rabies virus through a bite. According to WHO, the average duration is 30-90 days. Although it is rare, they have been reported incubation period extending up to 7-19 years.
Variations of this incubation period is affected by the location of the bite wound. The closer to the brain, for example, suffered a bite on the shoulder, then the symptoms appear faster. Moreover, the deeper the cuts will also accelerate the onset of symptoms (due to a virus that enters the possibility of more). For example, people with injuries such as scratches / abrasions already be exposed to rabies symptoms compared deep bites.
Some of the symptoms of rabies in fact is normal and is not too worried, so this makes people less alert. Too late for advice on health centers can be fatal. Therefore, knowledge of the symptoms of rabies is very important, especially if your area is still classified as endemic rabies.
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