Symptoms of rabies in humans

It is said that cats and dogs are good friends of human beings. Many of our friends should have cats or dogs at home, which adds a lot of fun to our homes. However, there are still certain risks in raising cats or dogs. For example, we are sometimes inevitably injured by our pets, and then we will be very afraid of getting rabies. As for rabies, what are the symptoms of rabies in humans? Let us learn about it.

We all know that rabies is a very scary disease. If it is not prevented, it may threaten our life and health at any time. The symptoms of rabies are as follows. Friends who have cats and dogs may wish to pay attention to them and prepare for our safety.

After a person is bitten by an animal infected with rabies virus, there are no symptoms during the incubation period, which progresses slowly and gradually. Clinical symptoms rarely occur within 20 days, and most cases develop after 30 days or even 4-6 months.

In the early stages of rabies, patients often have symptoms such as low fever, headache, general laziness, nausea, irritability, fear and anxiety.

Then, the patient becomes extremely sensitive to stimuli such as sound, light or wind, and immediately feels a tightness in the throat when slightly stimulated. There are also abnormal sensations of numbness, itching and pain around the wounds caused by bites from sick animals, and it feels like ants are crawling on the hands, feet and limbs.

After two or three days, the condition enters the excitement phase. The patient is in a highly agitated state. The prominent symptoms are extreme fear, fear of water and wind. When encountering sounds, light, wind, etc., the muscles in the throat will experience severe spasms. Although the patient is very thirsty, he dare not drink water, and he cannot swallow the water after drinking it. Even if he hears the sound of running water or others talk about water, he will experience throat spasm. In severe cases, patients may also experience painful convulsions throughout the body, leading to difficulty breathing. Most rabies patients are conscious; however, some patients become mentally ill and talk nonsense.

After about two or three days of excitement, the patient becomes quiet, but then becomes paralyzed all over, his respiratory and circulatory systems fail, and he quickly falls into a coma, and dies after a dozen hours. The course of rabies usually does not exceed 6 days.

Hydrophobia is one of the unique symptoms of most furious rabies. Hydrophobia has not been seen in other diseases, so it is very pathogenic.

After reading the above introduction to the symptoms of rabies in humans, I believe everyone should now have some understanding of the symptoms of this disease. In our lives, friends who have pets at home, we must read the above introduction and understand the symptoms of this disease to protect our own health and work for the health of our families.