Rabies
rabies
Rabies – a viral disease with severe central nervous system. Transmitted mainly when infected animals bite (dog, cat, wolf, rat), saliva, which contains a virus gets into a wound. When propagating then the lymphatic system and partly through the bloodstream, the virus reaches the salivary glands and nerve cells of the cerebral cortex, Ammon’s horn, bulbar centers, infecting them, causing severe irreversible violations buy Endep.
Symptoms (signs) and for rabies.
The incubation period lasts from 15 to 55 days, but can sometimes be delayed up to six months or more. The disease has three phases.
1. Prodrome (the period of precursors) – lasts 1-3 days. Accompanied by an increase in temperature up to 37,2-37,3 C, depression, poor sleep, insomnia, anxiety of the patient. Pain at the site of the bite is felt, even if the wound is healed.
2. Excitation stage – lasts from 4 to 7 days. Expressed in dramatically increased sensitivity to the slightest stimuli senses: bright lights, different sounds, the noise causes muscle cramps of limbs. Patient becomes aggressive, violent, there are hallucinations, delusions, feelings of fear.
3. Stage paralysis: the eye muscles, lower extremities, severe paralytic disorder breathing cause death. The total duration of illness 5-8 days, occasionally for 10-12 days.
