Signs of rabies to look for after being bitten by a dog

KOMPAS.com – Anger which is often passed on by a dog bite can be fatal once the signs appear.

You have to be careful, if you get bitten by a dog (usually street dogs) because you can pass it on anger which is fatal.

To collect cleveland clinic, Rabies is a disease that humans contract from infection with the RABV virus.

Rabies virus (RABV) is transmitted by direct contact between the saliva or brain/nervous system tissue of an infected animal, with:

Humans are infected rabies virus most commonly through bat bites (in the US) or dog bites (in Asia and Africa).

Moreover, it can also be through the scratches of animals infected with the rabies virus.

This virus can be spread to people and your pets if they are bitten or scratched by a rabid animal.

How can anger be fatal?

To collect Cleveland Clinicthe rabies virus enters your body when saliva (spit) from an infected animal enters an open wound (usually from a bite).

The virus will travel very slowly along the nerves to the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord).

When it reaches your brain, the damage causes neurological symptoms. From there, the rage leads to coma and death.