Warning Signs Of Rabies

Hydrophobia

Hydrophobia was another term for rabies in bygone days gone. It was used because individuals with advancing rabies can appear to be afraid of water. So, in the case of it being a symptom of rabies, hydrophobia is an abnormal fear of water that interferes with an individual’s daily activities. One of the reasons for this fear of water is that drinking fluids with clinical rabies cause severe, painful spasms in a person’s throat. Symptoms of this disease also include increased heart rate, feeling nauseous, an inability to clearly speak or think, a false concept they are going to die, or a panic attack.

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Agitation

Because the rabies virus attacks the brain, an individual with rabies will feel extreme agitation in the later phases of developing the rabies virus. The behavior of a person due to rabies remains beyond any usual behaviors of annoyance that has been seen before. Symptoms of being agitated include feeling aggravated, restless, or annoyed. In the case of rabies-based agitation, there is no situational reason for the patient to feel agitated. These agitated feelings can be brought on by many situational and medical conditions. But if a person who has recently been bitten has had flu symptoms and then becomes agitated, please seek medical advice as soon as possible.

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