What symptom is rabies?

summary

The route of rabies virus entering human body is as follows: firstly, it infects muscle cells, goes through the latent period in muscle cells, and then enters nerve cells through acetylcholine receptor between muscle cells and nerve cells. The average moving speed of rabies virus in peripheral nerve tissue is 3mm / h, and it can propagate and spread to the whole central nerve tissue in one day after it ascends to central nerve tissue (brain spinal cord).

What symptom is rabies?

Systemic symptoms include low fever, fatigue, headache, sore throat, physical discomfort, etc. Mental changes are prominent. The sick children are prone to cry, lose their temper and get angry easily. The older children show anxiety and depression, and some children think they are going to die.

Pain and abnormal sensation reappear outside the healed bite, such as hypersensitivity, chilly feeling, burning feeling, numbness and itching. However, it is difficult for children under 5 years old to describe these feelings, but sometimes they ask their parents to touch or scratch the original wound.

It is sensitive to strong light and loud voice, and can produce tears, sweating, salivation and systemic muscle tone increase. When swallowing food, sometimes there is a sense of urgency in the throat. Some sick children suffer from anorexia, but they can still swallow food.

matters needing attention

In spite of the above symptoms, there is nothing special, which is often ignored by parents and even doctors, so that many patients pay attention to the following symptoms: ① intermittent episodes of mania and crying; ② The sick children spit frequently; ③ His face was flushed and his fever persisted. In fact, the above three clinical manifestations belong to the performance of rabies excitement period, rather than early symptoms.