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Rabies

Rabies. By: Anna Deutschle and Rylea Aiken. What is it?. Rabies is a rare but serious disease caused by a virus. T he virus that carries rabies is Salvia. It is transmitted when an infected animal bites another animal. Rabies affects humans and other animals. Symptoms.

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Rabies

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  1. Rabies By: Anna Deutschle and Rylea Aiken

  2. What is it? • Rabies is a rare but serious disease caused by a virus. • The virus that carries rabies is Salvia. • It is transmitted when an infected animal bites another animal. • Rabies affects humans and other animals.

  3. Symptoms • First; weakness, discomfort, fever, or headache • Second; Prickling or itching where bitten, confusion • Third; hallucinations, insomnia, delirium • Disease is ALWAYS fatal if not treated immediately • Once symptoms are noticeable survival is rare

  4. History • Has been known since 2300 B.C. • Once infected, if untreated survival is rare • At one time Ontario Canada was know as the “rabies Capitol of North America” • 201-300 A.D. is when treatment for rabies was discovered

  5. Treatment • Should fist be treated with standard cleansing procedures. • Antibiotics and tetanus injections are usually given also

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  8. Current research • Rabies is a rare disease for tame animals and pet • There is no general group of people who can contract rabies • Rabies is contracted when victim is bitten by a rabid animal • Rabies is a virus that is transferred through animal saliva • One of the oldest infections known to mankind • Doctors are currently trying to make sure most animals have shots to prevent the disease from spreading

  9. Current event • A 22 year old man in the spring of 1990 was bitten by a bat in a tavern in Texas. • He felt fine so didn’t go to the doctor. • 6 weeks later he hurt his hand again fishing. • He went to the doctor completely forgetting about the bat. • He started to feel unusually weak. • He then a week later began to hallucinate. • His muscles were weak and throat was very sore, he couldn’t swallow so he refused to drink. • He then fell into a coma and died from one of the most feared contagious diseases: rabies.

  10. How its spreads • Rabies is a rare but serious disease caused by a virus • The virus that carries rabies is saliva • It is usually transmitted by an animal bite • In rare occasions the rabies virus can be transmitted in other ways • Some scientists believe the virus can be inhaled • Once it enters the body it travels to the nerves branching from the spinal cord and brain

  11. Works cited • Rabies: chapter one fear of Rabies, Alvin, Virginia, and Robert Silverstein. • www.cdc.gov/rabies/symptoms/index.html • www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/Rabies/2ColumnSubPage/STEL02_164616.html • www.rabiesfree.org/page26.htm • http://www.cdc.gov/rabies/images/cycle.gif c • SICK! Diseases and Disorders Injuries and Infections • Author: David Newton, Donna Olendorf, Christine Jeryan, Karen • http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.scripps.org/encyclopedia/graphics/images/en/17261.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.scripps.org/articles/223-rabies&h=320&w=400&sz=19&tbnid=v9pVFCW0B4zJ9M:&tbnh=90&tbnw=113&prev=/search%3Fq%3Drabies%2Bbite%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=rabies+bite&usg=__dLyhFyfxq5-79imTBSzP33VcEew=&docid=WmPFCauQqAyd9M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vtccUeWbFY_W9ASphoCIAg&ved=0CDoQ9QEwAA&dur=684 • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9218287

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