Rabies Symptoms :: Medical Disease

Rabies SymptomsRabies is an exceedingly old ailment. Some speculate that it is as old as humankind itself. Rabies belongs to a family of viruses called lyssa. Lyssa is the Greek word for lyssa, which is derived from the root lud, which promoter violent. The first case of rabies was described in the 23rd degree centigrade BC in the Eshuma Code of Babylon. Generally, the virus is communicable to humans by other animals or humans who are already infected. Rabies is an super deadly disease, and if left untr runed, it has a mortality rate greater than 99 percent. In fact, there has only been one documented case of a human that has survived this deadly disease. The course that the disease takes is ofttimes violent. (fas)Picture a chase after coming down the street, madly dashing this way and that with no apparent goal other than biting anything and everything. Everything about this dog has changed. He no chronic remembers his friends, and he no longer wishes o eat or drink, in fac t he is hydrophobic. This lack of nutrients brings an end to the dogs yelps of pain after a few hours or days. The cries fabricate weak and harsh, fatigue sets in, and the animal seizes and eventually dies. This series of events is commonly cognise as mad dog. (Webster 3)The term mad dog may be more familiar to most people than the term rabies is, but they mean the same thing. The disease is usually, but not always, transmitted to humans by a bite. As the disease progresses, the sanity of the touch animal or human gradually deteriorates. By the time an idiosyncratic(a) displays the symptoms described, it has already lost its battle with the rabies virus. Rabies is a disease that must be caught as early as possible the longer it takes to diagnose, the less chance of survival there is. The earliest sign of transmission is a change in disposition. The victim may develop a troubled or1distracted look, which is followed by lack of appetency to recognize or be friendly with others . However, in other cases an individual may become more gentle and friendly. (Webster 4-5)There are devil general forms of rabies furious rabies and ho-hum rabies. Frequencies of furious and dumb rabies are approximately equal in both the research lab and in the field. Furious rabies is the more stereotypic form of rabies. Individuals often wander about, followed by signs of excessive excitability or irritability.