2006-07-28 10:21:27 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
You can. But there has been one instance of a human surviving rabies... ever.
Usually by the time it is diagnosed you are hospitalized because your central nervous system is shutting down. That is why when you are bitten by an animal they try to find it and if they can't they give you the series of injection.
Bye.
2006-07-28 10:29:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How do you know you have rabies?
If you are scared because you have been bitten by an unknown animal call your local health department or public hospital emergency room. Tell them what bit you and when. If a suspicious animal has bitten you then the local health department will fund rabies shots for you. You will recieve them at a designated emergency room on a set schedule.
This I can tell you from personal experience, I had the shots during the summer of 95'.
Say you call tonight and tell them a bat bit you on the hand. They will tell you to go to ER at X hospital, a doctor will examine you and then prepare the initial vaccination and syrum for injections. (usually into your rumpus) This will not be confortable and it is OK to ask for someone to stay and hold your hand.
You have 3-4 hours until you start to feel "fluish" from the shot. Go home and go to bed and stay ther until you feel better. The best piece of advice I got was from an ER nurse who told me the more water I drank the better I would feel. She was right, keep drinking and you will feel better. The shots are not the nightmare that they were years ago but they are not a walk in the park either. You will go back on a schedule for more shots for the next six weeks. (at least that's the way I remember it)
Is there an alternative treatment to the shots? Nope. Only one person has ever made it through rabies without treatment. Good luck, call your health departmant. Drink lots of water.
2006-07-28 18:46:30 · answer #2 · answered by Jane B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you had rabies, you would've seen a doctor by now because you would've been scratched/bitten by a wild animal. I find it hard to believe that you have rabies and are asking for help on Yahoo!Answers.
If you really do have it and you haven't seen a doctor yet, you're probably screwed anyway.
2006-07-28 17:27:00 · answer #3 · answered by sous_lepontmirabeau 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't have rabies. If you even had a thought about having rabies, you would have already been to the doctor for injections.
2006-07-28 17:25:01 · answer #4 · answered by Decoy Duck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heck Yea! you need to be put on anti-bio tics or something. I remember this guy got bitten by a bat with Rabi's once. He was rushed to the hospital. Even though he was well taken care of he died.
2006-07-28 18:37:57 · answer #5 · answered by butterflyoasic 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you know you have rabies!! You were bitten by an animal (dog, bat, rodent, squirrel) or Dracula before? If you have it you must salivate a lot and start going wild!!! You need to be vaccinated by a Doctor or the Humane Society will show up at your door soon!!!
Don't bite your pet please!!!
2006-07-28 17:59:40 · answer #6 · answered by Antoine a 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rabies is 100% fatal after symptoms occur.
2006-07-28 17:28:32 · answer #7 · answered by GOSHAWK 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please do not waste your time and rush to see a doctor immediately to take injections. Rabies can be fatal so do not risk your life. Take care and be in good health.
2006-07-28 17:27:08 · answer #8 · answered by Kunwar Singh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF YOU HAVE RABIES AND YOU ARE TAKING TIME TO LOOK UP ANSWERS ON YAHOO. YOU MIGHT AS WELL GO TO WWW. WHATEVER THE CLOSEST FUNERAL HOME IS TO YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO DIE. SO MAKE PLANS NOW AND INFORM ALL FAMILY.....REAL STUPID QUESTION
2006-07-29 15:15:26 · answer #9 · answered by walker 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heck Yeah. Better Safe than sorry.
2006-07-28 17:25:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋