Rabies is not as scary as imagined. According to a survey by the World Health Organization, the Chinese said that there is no conclusive evidence for the incubation period of more than 6 years. This is a misinformation. If you are scratched by a dog , or for bites, pay attention to treating the wound with soap and alcohol. In addition, if the biting dog does not become ill and die within 10 days, your chance of being infected will be reduced to 6%, because if the dog itself does not become ill, the rabies virus is No, it’s contagious. Nowadays, there are more and more people raising dogs. Like AIDS, people are afraid of rabies. Haha, you’d better stop raising dogs. Domestic dogs generally don’t have rabies unless they are bitten by wild dogs. I have experienced domestic dogs, I hope this helps you.
The authoritative statement of the Rabies Research Center of the World Health Organization -- referred to as "WHO" is this.
1. Healthy dogs (cats and other animals) do not Toxic. ("Toxic" is a medical term, which means "infectious". Here, "not to be venomous" means that even if cats and dogs carry rabies virus, they are not contagious before they become ill. ) (no injection required)
2. The disease of rabies virus is that the virus invades the brain cells of animals and causes rabies attacks. At this time, animals usually have very obvious abnormalities, which are easy to identify in the animal's saliva. They are venomous (containing viruses) and are contagious. If you are bitten by such an animal, you must be vaccinated against rabies.
3. Dogs (cats) can only become rabies after a rabies attack. Only when a warm-blooded animal bites a person can the rabies virus be transmitted to a person through saliva. At this time, you need to take rabies prevention
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Since dogs and cats are of equal temperature. Blood animals 100% die within 3 to 5 days after the onset of rabies (some literature says that a rare death occurs in 8 days). Therefore, only the 3-5 days before death is the infectious period. The only danger is the bite. Even if you are bitten, you don’t have to worry if the dog (cat) does not develop rabies and die within 10 days, because it is not in the infectious period when it bites you (10 days is the World Health Organization’s standard. Safety observation period specially extended by the organization) (This period was originally proposed by a Thai doctor. Note that Thailand is also an area with high incidence of rabies and an epidemic area)
5. People with disease symptoms Or you are bitten by a warm-blooded animal such as a dog (cat) that behaves abnormally with a healthy cat (dog). After you are bitten, you should get a rabies vaccine as soon as possible and observe the cat (dog) that bit you. If within 10 days, this If the cat or dog has not yet developed rabies, you can stop the rabies vaccination, which can determine that you have not been infected with rabies at all.
6. Rabies has an incubation period. The World Health Organization has conducted detailed research and concluded that most of it is. 20 days to February, and the maximum period is 6 years. As for some cases in my country, the World Health Organization expressed doubts. No evidence of long-term latent cases has been found in the world. Infectious disease medical experts also believe that it may be misdiagnosis or secondary cases. Exposure (medical term, second transmission).
7. Rabies vaccination can be delayed (if you have been bitten and it has been 6 years, you can rest assured. If you are worried about an old injury within 6 years, you can get rabies vaccine again, which is equivalent to one exposure (first bite) (but you need to get two shots first)