World Rabies Day
September 28, 2022 is the 16th World Rabies Day. This year's theme is " Rabies : One health, zero deaths", aiming to gather everyone's strength and work together to prevent rabies and make rabies cases occur in zero cases. Here, the editor will take you to know rabies. Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you better resist together.
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What is rabies?
Rabies is an acute infectious disease of the central nervous system caused by rabies virus infection. It is mostly manifested in clinical practice as unique mania, fear of anxiety, fear of wind and water, fear of light and sound, salivation and pharyngeal muscle spasm, which eventually leads to paralysis and endanger life. Because rabies patients have the prominent clinical manifestations of fear of drinking water, this disease was also called "hydrophobia".
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What are the sources of rabies?
is mainly an animal carrying rabies virus. 99% of human rabies are transmitted by dog bites, followed by cats. In nature, many wild or stray animals, including foxes, wolves, jackals, weasel badgers, raccoons, skunks, raccoons, mongooses, , etc. are also sources of infection. It is important to pay special attention to bat , because the exposure of bats is extremely difficult to detect.
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How is rabies transmitted?
virus can cause infection through broken skin, open wounds or mucosa, and bites and scratches are the most common ways.
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If you are caught or bitten by a cat or dog, how to deal with it correctly?
Rabies can be prevented and cannot be treated, so the treatment after exposure is crucial. If there is a hospital nearby, you should seek medical treatment immediately. If you are far away from the hospital, you can first rinse the wound with soapy water and clean water. After self-treatment, you should also seek medical treatment as soon as possible, undergo disinfection and surgical treatment, and receive vaccination as soon as possible, and decide whether to receive passive immunization preparations depending on the circumstances.
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33When is the case for rabies vaccination?
should be vaccinated immediately after being scratched or bitten by animals that cannot rule out rabies' risk; if there is an intersection with bats, even if they are not bitten, they should be vaccinated; if it is better for relevant staff to engage in slaughter, field work, veterinary, pet grooming, rabies experiments, etc. to undergo preventive immunization.
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Can pregnant women get rabies vaccination?
Research data shows that it is safe to get rabies vaccination for pregnant women and breastfeeding women, and rabies is a fatal disease. There are no contraindications for the use of rabies vaccine after exposure to rabies. Once exposed, wound treatment and vaccination should be carried out as soon as possible.
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What else do we need to do while raising dogs and cats?
Be sure to regularly vaccinate your pets with rabies to immunize animals for selfishness and benefit others; when you go out, take care of your dogs and cats to avoid hurting others.
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Other FAQs:
(1) Do domestic hamsters and rabbits spread rabies?
No! Hamsters and rabbits rarely get infected with rabies, so the possibility of transmission is also very low.
(2) Do you need to get vaccinated by a person with rabies?
is not needed to be bitten by normal people, but if you have rabies, of course it is necessary.
(3) Pet dogs have been vaccinated with rabies. Do people still need to be vaccinated if they are scratched?
still needs to be vaccinated.
(4) Is the rabies vaccine effective if it is injected within 24 hours?
can be vaccinated as long as it does not occur after exposure. In principle, the earlier the better.
(5) I have received the rabies vaccine before. Do I still need to be given if I get bitten?
rabies vaccine is time-efficient and not life-long immunity. The vaccination record is kept well. If it is exposed again, please ask the doctor to determine whether it is necessary to re-inject or re-inject it from scratch according to the length of the interval.
"Same health, zero death" is also a reminder to achieve the goal of "Zero by 30 before 2030": it is entirely possible to eliminate dog-mediated human rabies. The editor here reminds you that two key points should be remembered: vaccinate animals and eliminate rabies in dogs; and standardize the treatment as soon as possible after a person is bitten by an animal. In a globalized community, we humans must unite to achieve the goal of eliminating rabies by 2030.
Manuscript Source: Virus Institute
