[King Herald]

Originally Posted by Pink_spyder ↗

Bitten by a "Rapid" dog?

Seriously, tho, rabies is a truly nasty way to go. Even if you get the shots you only have a 50% chance of making it.
What a nightmare!
Great post, Dahlia!

Bullshit. If you get the shots fairly quickly, within several days, you will make a full recovery.

[Foxie913]

In Cujo, the novel by Stephen King, Donna gets bitten by Cujo when he is rabid and gets treatment and ends up surviving but in the real world I guess some survive it and some don't :^/

[Zeeta]

Originally Posted by Foxie913 ↗

In Cujo, the novel by Stephen King, Donna gets bitten by Cujo when he is rabid and gets treatment and ends up surviving but in the real world I guess some survive it and some don't.

And in the book, Tad (the little boy) dies from heatstroke. I wish the movie stuck with the original story. Life doesn't always have a happy ending.

[Davis916]

That is no way to go. She must have gone through hell those last days. In 1890, my Great Grandfather had a farm hand that was attacked by a wild animal and contracted rabies. That farm hand lasted for 6 days before he could not go on and shot himself in the head to end his madness. Rest in peace, young lady.

[BigSnail34]

Originally Posted by Pink_spyder ↗

The shots must be gotten BEFORE you show any symptoms, but even then it only works 50% of the time.

This is incorrect; according to this study by researchers at Princeton University and the University of Edinburgh and this study by researchers at Kansas State University and the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine.

From the first article:"Modern cell culture vaccines used in combination with rabies immunoglobulins are virtually 100% effective in preventing human deaths if administered promptly to rabies-exposed patients following appropriate wound management"

In the second study, of 113 patients treated after rabies exposure, all 113 survived. It was true long ago that only half survived, but rates have been going up since the 1950s.

Also, it has long been acknowledged that rabies is 100% fatal after a person shows symptoms, but it is controversially claimed that rabies can be survived by following the Milwaukee Protocol. I say controversially because 1 person has been saved using this method, and though she suffered brain damage and had to relearn how to walk and talk, she graduated from college and now has 2 children and lives a normal life. However, of the other ~20 people to have received the treatment, none have survived. Doctors now argue whether the treatment is viable or if the girl who survived was just the product of an incredible freak occurrence, as she is the only recorded person in history to survive a rabies infection.

For what it's worth, another study suggests the Milwaukee Protocol may be survivable by 8% of patients.

[RestInPepperoni]

i'de give myself water enemas 5 times a day before dying

[Roch3llo]

Overwhelmingly sad

[Dusti_]

Originally Posted by Simone ↗

On 19th February 2019 in Kampong Cham (Cambodia), S.S. died after being bitten by a dog. She contracted rabies + (from what I can gather) died 9 days later.

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*In the last 9 seconds of the video you can see how much she had changed from how she was in the rest of the video.*

very upsetting, especially for her family...

[LrlynJy]

That is why, when i see a stray dog, first thing i observe is its movements, eyes and saliva. unsure movement directions, unfocused eyes and over salivating i am told are very visible signs of a rabies infected dog. is it correct guys?

[LrlynJy]

Originally Posted by BigSnail34 ↗

From the first article:"Modern cell culture vaccines used in combination with rabies immunoglobulins are virtually 100% effective in preventing human deaths if administered promptly to rabies-exposed patients following appropriate wound management"

That is the difference of the vaccine's effectiveness...
But sadly, third world countries, where anti rabies vaccine shots are equivalent to 2 or 3 months wages of average person, they opt to first hope the dog is not rabid and just wait, then, when they do observed(decided) that it is in fact rabid, it is usually too late for the vaccine effects.