What is the symptoms of rabis.

Question

Fear for water and altered behavior and involuntary or stiffness in the muscles are few symptoms of rabies.

Jatin Soni · Accepted Answer

Fear for water and altered behavior and involuntary or stiffness in the muscles are few symptoms of rabies.

Lalit Kumar Tripathy · Answer

Rabies is due to a virus which is transmitted to human being by the bite of infected wild animals like wolve, jackals, fox, wild bat, dog, cat, monkey etc. The incubation period (the period between the bite and appearence of symptoms) may vary from 10-90 days. Some times it can develop as early as within 4 days. (the vius is present in saliva of infected anima (even if bitten/scratched) l and is contagious. A bite in face, neck, head will have shorter ip than bite in arm/leg. The initial symptoms are similar to flu like 1. Fever, headache, sore throat, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite
2. Feeling unwell, anxiety which lasts for 2-10 days.
3. Then severe symptoms like aggressive behaviour, auditory/visual hallucination, anxiety, insomnia confusion, agitation, increased salivation, seizure, mild or partial paralysis, difficulty in swallowing, fear of water (hydrophobia)
4. Death occurs in few days due to respiratory failure.