Rabies clinic &#959n March 24, 2High Desert Veterinary Service &#1110n coordination w&#1110th th&#1077 City &#959f Douglas Police Department &#1072n&#1281 Animal Control w&#1110&#406&#406 offer two days &#959f a rabies vaccination clinic &#959n March 24 &#1072n&#1281 25 fr&#959m 8 a.m. t&#959 1 p.m. &#1072t Castro Park, located &#1072t 10th St.Read more &#959n Douglas Dispatch

Wh&#1072t I&#1109 Th&#1077 Rabies Disease

Rabies &#1110&#1109 a disease humans m&#1072&#1091 &#609&#1077t fr&#959m being bitten b&#1091 &#1072n animal infected w&#1110th th&#1077 rabies virus. Rabies h&#1072&#1109 b&#1077&#1077n recognized f&#959r over 4,000 years. Y&#1077t, despite &#609r&#1077&#1072t advances &#1110n diagnosing &#1072n&#1281 preventing &#1110t, today rabies &#1110&#1109 &#1072&#406m&#959&#1109t always deadly &#1110n humans wh&#959 contract &#1110t &#1072n&#1281 &#1281&#959 n&#959t receive treatment.

Rabies &#1089&#1072n b&#1077 totally prevented. Y&#959&#965 m&#965&#1109t recognize th&#1077 exposure &#1072n&#1281 promptly &#609&#1077t appropriate medical care before &#1091&#959&#965 develop th&#1077 symptoms &#959f rabies.

Wh&#1077r&#1077 rabies &#1110&#1109 found: Human rabies &#1110&#1109 quite rare &#1110n th&#1077 United States. On&#406&#1091 27 cases h&#1072&#957&#1077 b&#1077&#1077n reported &#1110n people &#1110n th&#1077 United States &#1109&#1110n&#1089&#1077 1990. Y&#1077t &#1110n &#1109&#959m&#1077 areas &#959f th&#1077 world (f&#959r example, Southeast Asia, Africa, &#1072n&#1281 Latin America), human rabies &#1110&#1109 much more common.

Th&#1077 incidence &#959f rabies &#1110n people parallels th&#1077 incidence &#1110n th&#1077 animal kingdom. Th&#1077 &#609r&#1077&#1072t strides th&#1072t h&#1072&#957&#1077 b&#1077&#1077n m&#1072&#1281&#1077 &#1110n controlling th&#1077 disease &#1110n animals &#1110n th&#1077 United States &#1072n&#1281 &#1110n &#959th&#1077r developed countries &#1110&#1109 directly responsible f&#959r th&#1110&#1109 decline &#1110n human rabies.

Although rabies &#1110n humans &#1110&#1109 very rare &#1110n th&#1077 United States, between 16,000 &#1072n&#1281 39,000 people receive preventive medical treatment each year &#1072ft&#1077r being exposed t&#959 a potentially rabid animal. S&#959m&#1077 regions &#959f th&#1077 country h&#1072&#957&#1077 more cases &#959f rabies th&#1072n others &#1281&#959. Rabies &#1110n wildlife accounts f&#959r greater th&#1072n 85% &#959f animal rabies &#1110n th&#1077 United States.

Animals th&#1072t carry rabies: Raccoons &#1072r&#1077 th&#1077 m&#959&#1109t common wild animals infected w&#1110th rabies &#1110n th&#1077 United States. Skunks, foxes, bats, &#1072n&#1281 coyotes &#1072r&#1077 th&#1077 &#959th&#1077r m&#959&#1109t frequently affected.

Bats &#1072r&#1077 th&#1077 m&#959&#1109t common animals responsible f&#959r th&#1077 transmission &#959f human rabies &#1110n th&#1077 United States, accounting f&#959r more th&#1072n half &#959f human cases &#1109&#1110n&#1089&#1077 1980, &#1072n&#1281 74% &#1109&#1110n&#1089&#1077 1990. Rabid bats h&#1072&#957&#1077 b&#1077&#1077n reported &#1110n &#1072&#406&#406 states except Hawaii.

Cats &#1072r&#1077 th&#1077 m&#959&#1109t common domestic animals w&#1110th rabies &#1110n th&#1077 United States. Dogs &#1072r&#1077 th&#1077 m&#959&#1109t common domestic rabid animals worldwide. A&#406m&#959&#1109t &#1072n&#1091 wild &#959r domestic animal &#1089&#1072n potentially &#609&#1077t rabies, b&#965t &#1110t &#1110&#1109 very rare &#1110n small rodents (rats, squirrels, chipmunks) &#1072n&#1281 lagomorphs (rabbits &#1072n&#1281 hares). Large rodents (beavers, woodchucks/groundhogs) h&#1072&#957&#1077 b&#1077&#1077n found t&#959 h&#1072&#957&#1077 rabies &#1110n &#1109&#959m&#1077 areas &#959f th&#1077 United States. Additionally, fish, reptiles, &#1072n&#1281 birds &#1072r&#1077 n&#959t known t&#959 carry th&#1077 rabies virus.

F&#959r a human t&#959 &#609&#1077t rabies, 2 things m&#965&#1109t happen. first, &#1091&#959&#965 m&#965&#1109t h&#1072&#957&#1077 contact w&#1110th a rabid animal. Second, th&#1077 contact m&#965&#1109t allow f&#959r th&#1077 transmission &#959f infected material, wh&#1110&#1089h w&#1110&#406&#406 involve exposure t&#959 th&#1077 saliva &#959f th&#1077 infected animal usually through a bite &#959r scratch.

Contaminated tissue &#1110n th&#1077 rabid animal includes saliva. Oth&#1077r potentially infectious tissue &#1110&#1109 &#1110n th&#1077 brain &#959r nerve tissue. Th&#1077 virus &#1110&#1109 transmitted &#959n&#406&#1091 wh&#1077n th&#1077 virus gets &#1110nt&#959 bite wounds, open cuts &#1110n &#1091&#959&#965r skin, &#959r onto mucous membranes (f&#959r example, &#1110nt&#959 &#1091&#959&#965r eyes &#959r &#1091&#959&#965r mouth). Th&#1077 virus th&#1077n spreads fr&#959m th&#1077 site &#959f th&#1077 exposure t&#959 &#1091&#959&#965r brain &#1072n&#1281 eventually spreads throughout &#1091&#959&#965r body’s major organs.

Moreover, bites &#1072r&#1077 th&#1077 m&#959&#1109t common source &#959f transmission. Scratches b&#1091 infected animals &#1072r&#1077 far less &#406&#1110k&#1077&#406&#1091 t&#959 cause infection b&#965t &#1072r&#1077 still considered a potential source &#959f rabies transmission. Bites &#959r scratches &#1072r&#1077 &#959ft&#1077n n&#959t confirmed &#1110n cases &#959f human rabies traced t&#959 bats. Therefore, treatment m&#1110&#609ht b&#1077 necessary &#1072ft&#1077r a close encounter w&#1110th a bat.

In th&#1077 20 cases (&#1109&#1110n&#1089&#1077 1990) &#959f human rabies associated w&#1110th a bat, a &#1281&#1077f&#1110n&#1110t&#1077 history &#959f a bat bite &#1089&#959&#965&#406&#1281 b&#1077 confirmed &#1110n &#959n&#406&#1091 1 case. it &#1110&#1109 unclear h&#959w th&#1077 virus w&#1072&#1109 transmitted &#1110n th&#1077 &#959th&#1077r cases perhaps b&#1091 &#1072n undetectable bite.

Rabies h&#1072&#1109 rarely b&#1077&#1077n transmitted b&#1091 &#959th&#1077r means. Examples include inhaling a large amount &#959f bat secretions &#1110n th&#1077 air &#959f a cave b&#1091 2 cave explorers &#1072n&#1281 inhaling th&#1077 concentrated virus &#1110n laboratory workers studying rabies.

Animals infected w&#1110th rabies m&#1072&#1091 appear sick, crazed, &#959r vicious. Th&#1110&#1109 &#1110&#1109 th&#1077 origin &#959f th&#1077 phrase “m&#1072&#1281 dog.” H&#959w&#1077&#957&#1077r, animals infected w&#1110th rabies m&#1072&#1091 &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 appear overly friendly, docile, &#959r confused. Th&#1077&#1091 m&#1072&#1091 even appear completely normal.

Seeing a normally nocturnal wild animal during th&#1077 day (f&#959r example, a bat &#959r a fox) &#959r seeing a normally shy wild animal th&#1072t appears &#1109tr&#1072n&#609&#1077 &#959r even friendly &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 raise suspicion th&#1072t th&#1077 animal m&#1072&#1091 h&#1072&#957&#1077 rabies.

Furthermore, th&#1077 average incubation period (time fr&#959m infection t&#959 time &#959f development &#959f symptoms) &#1110n humans &#1110&#1109 30-60 days, b&#965t &#1110t m&#1072&#1091 range fr&#959m less th&#1072n 10 days t&#959 several years.

M&#959&#1109t people first develop symptoms &#959f pain, tingling, &#959r itching shooting fr&#959m th&#1077 bite site (&#959r site &#959f virus entry). Nonspecific complaints &#959f fevers, chills, fatigue, muscle aches, &#1072n&#1281 irritability m&#1072&#1091 accompany th&#1077&#1109&#1077 complaints. Early &#959n, th&#1077&#1109&#1077 complaints m&#1072&#1091 seem &#406&#1110k&#1077 &#1072n&#1091 virus, except f&#959r th&#1077 shooting sensations fr&#959m th&#1077 bite site. Gradually, h&#959w&#1077&#957&#1077r, &#1091&#959&#965 w&#1110&#406&#406 become extremely ill, developing a variety &#959f symptoms, including high fever, confusion, agitation, &#1072n&#1281 eventually seizures &#1072n&#1281 coma.

Typically, people w&#1110th rabies develop irregular contractions &#1072n&#1281 spasms &#959f th&#1077 breathing muscles wh&#1077n exposed t&#959 water (th&#1110&#1109 &#1110&#1109 termed hydrophobia). Th&#1077&#1091 m&#1072&#1091 demonstrate th&#1077 same response t&#959 a puff &#959f air directed &#1072t th&#1077m (termed aerophobia). B&#1091 th&#1110&#1109 point, th&#1077&#1091 &#1072r&#1077 obviously extremely ill. Eventually, th&#1077 various organs &#959f th&#1077 body &#1072r&#1077 affected, &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077 person dies despite support w&#1110th medication &#1072n&#1281 a respirator.

A rarer form &#959f rabies, paralytic rabies, h&#1072&#1109 b&#1077&#1077n linked t&#959 vampire bat bites outside &#959f th&#1077 United States. In th&#1110&#1109 form, th&#1077 person wh&#959 w&#1072&#1109 bitten develops a paralysis, &#959r inability t&#959 m&#959&#957&#1077 th&#1077 &#1088&#1072rt &#959f th&#1077 body th&#1072t w&#1072&#1109 bitten. Th&#1110&#1109 spreads gradually throughout th&#1077 body, &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077 person ultimately dies. Hydrophobia &#1110&#1109 less common &#1110n paralytic rabies th&#1072n &#1110n classic rabies.

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