Is the symptom of early paralytic rabies afraid of water?

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I don't think that hydrophobia is rabies! Rabies is an acute infectious disease caused by rabies virus. It is common in dogs, wolves, cats and other carnivores. The clinical manifestations were water phobia, wind phobia, pharyngeal spasm and progressive paralysis. Because the symptom of water phobia is more prominent, so the disease is also known as water phobia. So although we have heard a lot about rabies, do you know what symptoms he has? Let's talk about it.

Is the symptom of early paralytic rabies afraid of water?

In the early stage of the disease, most patients have low fever, loss of appetite, nausea, headache and so on, which is similar to "cold", and then appear fear and uneasiness, sensitive to sound and pain, and throat tightness. These things are caused by the stimulation of neurons when the virus propagates.

So in the excitement period, fear of water is a special symptom of rabies, typical people see water, drinking water, listen to the sound of running water, and even only mention drinking water, can cause serious throat muscle spasm. Fear of wind is also one of the common symptoms, the breeze can cause pharyngeal muscle spasm, serious fashion can cause systemic pain convulsions.

After the paralysis period, the patient's spasm stopped, and then gradually quiet, but there was delayed paralysis, especially limb paralysis. Eye muscles, facial muscles and masticatory muscles can also be involved, manifested as strabismus, eye movement disorders, lack of facial expression, etc.

matters needing attention

Because the death rate of this disease is very high, so we must deal with it in time. For example, after being scratched by animals such as cats and dogs, we must go to the hospital immediately for treatment. We can also inject vaccine to prevent it at ordinary times!