FOR HUMANS, IMMEDIATE AND THOROUGH CLEANSING OF THE BITE WOUND AND A SERIES OF INJECTIONS INTO WOUND OF HYPERIMMUNE ANTIRABIES SERUM, A 14 TO 30 DAY COURSE DAILY AND THEN BOOSTER DOSES ARE GIVEN EVERY 10 DAYS AFTER THAT AND AGAIN 20 DAYS LATER. IN ANIMALS, DEPENDING ON WHICH FOR IT TAKES, THERE'S TWO, IRRITABLE OR PARALYTIC, DEATH MOST LIKELY WITHIN 3-5 DAYS. THERE IS A VACCINE MADE FOR DOMESTIC ANIMALS TO PREVENT THIS. SEE YOUR VET.
There is no cure once the signs of rabies appear. It is then inevitably fatal. However, the relatively long incubation period allows post-exposure therapy to be effective if done correctly.
Symptoms of Rabies include Hydrophobia (Fear of water) and localized numbness in the area in which the person was bit, if any rabies-like symptoms appear, the person should report to a hospital immediately where they will be injected with certain shots.
There is no cure for rabies - it is an almost always fatal viral infection once clinical signs are noted. However, animals and humans can be vacccinated (through a series of painful infections to the stomach) for rabies either prior to being infected (pre-exposure prophylaxis) or after being bitten by a potentially animal (post-exposure prophylaxis). This usually results in a strong enough immune response that the body can fight off the infection prior to clinical signs developing.
There is one case report of a young teenage female in the US surviving clinical rabies infection without having prophylaxis prior to the start of clinical signs. It was very expensive, very intense, took months to complete the treatment course and for several years afterwards was still in intensive physical therapy learning how to walk, eat, talk and write again. The treatment regiment has not be repeated in its entirety for any other case, so this is still a one-shot miracle as far as the medical community is concerned.
Current treatments of the disease
Immediate action should be taken if bitten by a wild animal. This includes thoroughly cleaning the wound with soap and water to remove saliva and allowing the wound to bleed to clean it further.
Postexposure prophylaxis is one method of treatment. It consists of one shot of human-rabies immunoglobulin and five doses of rabies vaccine. The first dose of the rabies vaccine is given with the shot of human-rabies immunoglobulin. The remain doses are given three, seven, fourteen, and twenty eight days after initial dose. There are three types of rabies vaccines, all of which are made from killed rabies virus. These include Human diploid cell vaccine (HDCV), Rabies vaccine adsorbed (RVA) and purified chick embryo cell culture (PCEC). The human-rabies immunoglobulin should be administered as soon as possible, preferably twenty four to forty eight hours after exposure. It contains anti-rabies antibodies collected from donated human blood. These antibodies provide passive immunity against rabies, to provide temporarily immediate protection against the progression of rabies infection.
In developing countries where rabies immunoglobulin might not have been available purified equine rabies immune globulin has been used effectively. Unpurified antirabies serum of equine origin might still be used in some countries where both rabies immune globulin and purified equine rabies immune globulin are available. The use of this antirabies serum is associated with higher occurrence of serious unpleasant reactions, including anaphylaxis.
*© T.Adams 2007
(part of my year 12 bio report on rabies, lol)
Rabies is a disease humans may get from being bitten by an animal infected with the rabies virus. Rabies has been recognized for over 4,000 years. Yet, despite great advances in diagnosing and preventing it, today rabies is almost always deadly in humans who contract it and do not receive treatment.
Rabies can be totally prevented. You must recognize the exposure and promptly get appropriate medical care before you develop the symptoms of rabies.
There is no cure for rabies - it is an almost always fatal viral infection once clinical signs are noted. However, animals and humans can be vacccinated for rabies either prior to being infected (pre-exposure prophylaxis) or after being bitten by a potentially animal (post-exposure prophylaxis). This usually results in a strong enough immune response that the body can fight off the infection prior to clinical signs developing.
There is one case report of a young teenage female in the US surviving clinical rabies infection without having prophylaxis prior to the start of clinical signs. It was very expensive, very intense, took months to complete the treatment course and for several years afterwards was still in intensive physical therapy learning how to walk, eat, talk and write again. The treatment regiment has not be repeated in its entirety for any other case, so this is still a one-shot miracle as far as the medical community is concerned.
all the information added below was added at a latter date
The normal form of treatment is a preventive vaccine, which is generally given in 5 doses over 28 days. Most patients also receive a treatment called human rabies immunoglobulin.
There has, however, been a possible breakthrough in forms of treatment which is to medically induce a coma (called the Milwaukee protocol). The reason this could work is because, kills through the brain, so a coma would shut down the persons brain stopping rabies from killing the victim. Well the person is in the coma their immune system would be fighting the virus and then the person would be revived. This form has only been tested 35 times on humans, in all cases the victims were passed the vaccine form of treatment and facing certain death and although it took months for this to work it successfully cured 6 patents. This although it doesn't seem like it's a very good option, is better than being left for dead. This though put the victims at risk of brain damage and other side effects.
for more information go to http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20593-rabies-may-not-be-the-invincible-killer-we-thought.htmlor
cdc.gov/rabies
all information added is found by exstensive reasurch done via internet but can't be garinteyed to be 100% right so correct me if im wrong
There is no treatment for rabies, though there is a vaccine which can be administered before symptoms start which usually prevents the virus from reaching the brain.
You can't treat rabies once they begin, but you can prevent them by getting your pet their shots.
Louis Pasteur discovered the preventive treatment for rabies in 1885.
Nobody has survived rabies without treatment. When some body survive like that, you can say that he had no rabies.
Louis Pasteur is the man who developed the treatment and prevention of rabies.
With treatment, possibly. The only treatment known to work has only been used on a few dozen patients, of whom only five survived. Without treatment rabies is invariably fatal.
If someone contracts rabies then it should ideally be treated straight away. If it is administered quickly the treatment can be effective.
Yes, almost 100% of animals (and humans) that develop clinical signs of rabies will die of rabies, generally within 2 weeks of the first clinical signs. There has been one case report of a treatment regimen that allowed one teenage girl in the US to survive a clinical case of rabies, but the treatment has not been tried again in its entirety and is not considered a standard treatment.
Rabies is a viral disease that is transmitted by the bite of an infected animal. Without treatment rabies is invariably fatal.
Not just hurt. Without immediate treatment before the disease develops in the bitten individual, rabies is invariably fatal.
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In his laboratory at his house, in Paris, France.
You can simply go to your local hospital and test yourself for rabies. If it comes back positive you can take a vaccine to combat the infection.
Yes! This is infact the best time to begin giving post-exposure treatment.