World Rabies Day 2024
Every year approximately 20 thousand people die in the country due to rabies. Let us tell you, rabies is spread by dog bite. Rabies cases are highest in India and the surprising thing is that children below 15 years of age are most vulnerable to rabies in the country. Actually, there is very little awareness among the people about this disease, hence every year on 28th September, ‘World Rabies Day’ is celebrated to make people aware. Most people have a misconception about rabies that it is caused only by dog bite, whereas it is not so. This disease is also caused by the bites of many other animals. So let us know through the bites of which animals apart from dogs, what are its symptoms and what should be done for prevention?
How does rabies disease spread?
Let us tell you, a virus called Lassa is found in the saliva of a dog, which causes the disease rabies. When a dog bites a person, rabies spreads throughout the person’s body. If anti-rabies vaccine is not taken within 24 hours of a dog bite, the situation can become serious.
Rabies disease also spreads through these animals:
Most people think that rabies disease is spread only by dog bite, but it is not so. Let us tell you, rabies virus also occurs in animals like dog, cat, monkey, bat, fox, mongoose and jackal. If any of these animals bites you, you should immediately get anti-rabies vaccine because carelessness in treatment can lead to the death of the person.
symptoms of rabies
Having fever, feeling nervous, having severe headache, insomnia, insomnia.
What to do about animal bites?
If any part of the body is bitten by an animal, wash that part with soap for about a few minutes. After this, anti-rabies vaccine should be administered by the doctor within 24 hours. Also, if you are keeping a dog or cat, then the animal must be given rabies vaccination.
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