Rabies, also known as hydrophobia, is an acute contagious communicable disease caused by rabies virus in both humans and animals. Mortality is extremely high. People and many kinds of animals are susceptible to this disease, and the state has stipulated it as a second-class infectious disease.
Clinical symptoms: The incubation period varies greatly, generally 2-8 weeks, the shortest 8 days, and the elderly can reach several months or more than 1 year. The bite of the head and face has a short incubation period, while the bite of the lower limbs and the injuries are longer. Characterized by excitement, arrogance and confusion, the fatality rate is almost 100%.
The typical symptoms are the initial depression, light, often hiding in the dark, do not want to close or not to call people, forced traction is biting the owner, abnormal appetite, like to eat foreign body, throat numbness, difficulty swallowing, confusion, pupil Scattered, the reflexes hyperactive, mild stimulation that is horrified, more saliva, flow exit, clip tail, waist and legs are not flexible, straight and straight, tongue hanging down in the mouth. The hindquarters are weak, and then there are symptoms of excitement, turbulence, attacks on humans and animals, fierce behavior, and special strabismus and horror.
Control measures:
First, the diseased dogs and other animals bitten by them must be culled and burned, disinfected, and buried in a safe manner.
The second is to immunize all dogs and cats with rabies vaccination or live rabies vaccination once a year.
Third, if a person is suspected of being bitten by a suspected rabies dog, the wound should be thoroughly disinfected. It is best to squeeze the wound and bled first, then wash it with 20% soapy water, treat the affected area with 3% iodine, and vaccinate the patient within 24 hours. Rabies vaccination and
Injection of hyperimmune serum.
June 20, 2021
