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Rabid Signs

In Animals - There are three phases in the course of rabies. Death occurse three to sven days after smptoms appear.

1. Prodromal stage (two to three days),

• Behavioral changes, fever, slow eye reflexes, and chewing at the bite bite.

2. Furious stage (two to four days).

• Erratic behavior which includes irritability, restlessness, barking, agression, vicious attacks on inanimate objects, and unexplained roaming;; disorientation and seizures may develop.

3. Paralytic stage (two to four days).

• Signs of paralysis develop, usually beginning at the bite site; paralysis of the throat and face cause a change in the bark, drooling with typical foaming at the mouth (hydrophobia), and a dropped jaw; followed by depression, coma and death from respiratory paralysis (inability to breathe).

In Humans - In the unthinkable event that a person is bitten by a rabid animal and is not treated promptly, the following sequence will ensue:

• The incubation period (time from exposure to rabies virus to start of illness) ranges from five days to more than one year, but the average is four weeks.
• Vague Symptoms, lasting from two to ten days appear-fever, headache malaise (not feeling well), lack of appetite, and vomiting. There may also be pain, itching or numbess and tingling at the site of the wound.
• The person often develops difficulty in swallowing ("foaming at the mouth" caused by inability to swallow saliva). Even the sight of water may terrify the person this is hydrophobia or the morbid fear of water.

Some become agitated and disoriented, while other become paralyzed. The person either dies during this stage or goes into coma and dies from further complications.