Rabies

Question 1

What causes it

Answer 1

Rhadbovirus

Question 2

Who gets rabies

Answer 2

Anyone in contact with a rabid animal and gets bitten

Question 3

How is rabies spread

Answer 3

Once the virus reaches the saliva of an animal and then that animal bites someone the virus is spread

Question 4

What are the pathophys of the virus

Answer 4

• bitten by a rabid animal - rabies virus enters the animal through infected saliva- rabies virus spreads through the nerves to the spinal cord and brain - virus then incubated for 3-12 weeks and there are no signs of illness- when it reaches the brain it begins to multiple rapidly and pass through the salivary glands and this is well symptoms start to show- then dies within 7 days of being sick

Question 5

What are the symptoms and stages in humans

Answer 5

-Incubation for 20-60 days
-first symptoms are flu like: fever anxiety, tingling and bite site tenderness

• after 2-10 days, neurological signs arise, ranging from hyper activity to paralysis

Question 6

What are the Two forms

Answer 6

Encephalic: signs of irritation of the CNS , confusion, hydrophobia, hypersalivation , the symptoms are episodic

Paralytic: most damage in the hypothalamus , interferes with the cardiorespiratory control

Question 7

How do we dignose it

Answer 7

In animals diagnosis is post-death
In humans we do not wait but they take saliva or sputum samples
Or if they know and have the animal they can get that animal tested

Question 8

How do we treat it

Answer 8

-Wash the would with soap and water
- vaccine is given over the span of 4 days
- once symptoms appear there is no treatment that can work

Question 9

How do we prevent

Answer 9

Give animals vaccines and stay away from rabid animals