Old folks in ours say so, they all give me indefinite answers. I want some good reason.
A rabid dog bites someone, and in order to know he is rabid we've got to observe him for three days. If he dies, indeed he is.
But why do they? Why it can't be two days or four instead? Will someone give me no joke here, Please, please, it has always been a mystery to me since I was bitten by a teenage kitten.
I know very well that rabies has got a big deal with that, but how?
2006-10-23 03:47:39 · 4 answers · asked by Lordimpalerthe 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
The rabbies virus doesn't let them leave longer than that. That how long of a course they run to kill you too if you are infected. Remember that child that died in Houston this year that got infected by a bat in his bedroom? They bite because the virus I believe affects the brain and makes them aggressive and they drool and they bite. So that happens at a certain stage in the illness.
2006-10-23 03:51:43 · answer #1 · answered by pp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They die within ten days due to the disease, not due to biting someone. A dog is observed for ten days after a bite. If it dies, it is presumed to be rabid. and preventive injections are given to the bitten person.
2006-10-23 16:59:52 · answer #2 · answered by yakkydoc 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
from CDC's rabies site: If you were bitten by a cat, dog, or ferret that appeared healthy at the time you were bitten, it can be confined by its owner for 10 days and observed. No anti-rabies prophylaxis is needed. No person in the United States has ever contracted rabies from a dog, cat or ferret held in quarantine for 10 days.
2016-05-22 01:07:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your facts are old wives' tales
2006-10-23 03:59:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋