Early symptoms of rabies?

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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. Rabies virus belongs to Rhabdoviridae, rabies virus, single stranded RNA virus, animals spread virus by biting each other. Early symptoms of rabies? Let's talk about it

Early symptoms of rabies?

Before the emergence of the excited state, most of the patients had low fever, loss of appetite, nausea, headache, tiredness, discomfort and so on, which was similar to "cold"; Then there is fear and uneasiness, sensitive to sound, light, wind, pain, and throat tightness. The early symptoms with diagnostic significance were abnormal sensation of the wound and its vicinity, numbness, itching, pain and ant walking sensation, which were caused by the stimulation of neurons during virus reproduction and lasted for 2-4 days.

Spasm stopped, the patient gradually quiet, but appeared slow paralysis, especially limb paralysis. Eye muscles, facial muscles and masticatory muscles may also be involved, manifested as strabismus, eye movement disorders, mandibular drop, mouth can not be closed, lack of facial expression, etc. this period lasted 6-18 hours.

The whole course of rabies is generally less than 6 days, occasionally more than 10 days. In addition, there are paralyzed "paralysis type" or "static type", also known as dumb rabies. The patients of this type have no excitement period and fear of water, but begin with high fever, headache, vomiting and pain of bite, and then appear weakness of limbs, abdominal distension, ataxia, muscle paralysis, incontinence of urine and feces, etc. The course of disease lasted for 10 days, and eventually died of respiratory muscle paralysis and bulbar paralysis. Rabies caused by biting of blood sucking bats often belongs to this type.

matters needing attention

Rest quietly in bed, prevent all sound, light, wind and other stimulation, catheterize the great vein for high nutrition therapy, and medical staff should wear masks, gloves and isolation clothes. The secretion, excreta and pollutants of patients should be strictly disinfected. Immunize domestic animals and manage stray animals. The brain tissue of animals suspected to have died of rabies should be taken for examination, burned or buried, and must not be peeled or eaten.