Comments on: Man Ingests Rabies, Dies After Refusing Treatment

By: unnikrishnan

unnikrishnan — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:11:47 +0000

Creating awareness about the disease is critical in controlling deaths due to Rabies.Vaccinating Dogs and keeping stray dog population under control helps in preventing deaths due to Rabies.

By: Pat

Pat — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 10:00:25 +0000

Candy, you are disseminating erroneous information. Rabies IS “considered a 100% guarantee” of a fatal outcome if signs (or symptoms) of the disease develop PRIOR to treatment. There should be no sugar coating the risk factors nor the prognosis, despite the fact that worldwide there have been a few miraculous case survivors. Much depends on where the patient was bitten (or how they were infected,) their own age and health and immune system, the aggressiveness of treatment, TIMING, and LUCK. Tragically, some people are infected with rabies without any obvious clues: breathing in airborne virus in bat caves, corneal transplants, undetected bat bites…and sometimes no known source is discovered. It is still medically PRESUMED that the disease is fatal if clinical signs develop, and while great strides have been made, as with AIDS and Ebola, the best professional medical advice is to be REALLY AGGRESSIVE in supportive treatment, know how deadly the disease is expected to be, and GET TREATMENT IMMEDIATELY.

By: Candy

Candy — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 03:27:09 +0000

http://m.jsonline.com/more/news/wisconsin/121479779.html

Although Rabies Is Quite Deadly, It Is No Longer A 100% Guarantee Of Death Anymore, Nor Does It Mean, If You Survive You Will Be Brain Dead. I Do Not Want To Imply That The Severity Of This Virus Is Minimal, But I Do Want To Emphasize The Facts Surrounding The Rabies Virus. Education Is Vital In The Fight Against Rabies, Therefore, Misinformation About This Topic Needs To Be Addressed. I Also Want To Point Out That All Treatments For Everything Is Experimental If They Don’t Have A Cure For It Yet. Luckily, There Have Been At Least 2 Major Breakthroughs In Treating Rabies, Which Have Showed Amazing Recoveries.
I’m A Wisconsin State Certified Humane Officer & Rabies Control Officer. I’ve Heard First Hand The Truths & The Myths Behind The Rabies Virus. Check Out The Above Article About Our Very Own Survivor….

By: marme

marme — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:58:39 +0000

this is what happens when people are not educated in these kinds of things. Rabies is one of the most infectious diseases still in existence this is why even though there has been a vaccine for many decades the virus is still just as prevalent now as 100 years ago. A single drop of infected blood or saliva ingested and you have any extremely high chance of contracting the disease. The disease is 100% fatal even with standard treatment if you dont get vaccinated before the infection takes hold. Currently there are only experimental treatments that have low survival rates and leave all survivors severely brain damaged. It is a horrible way to die, if you watch videos of people infected with rabies they have to by tied down and restrained because they go crazy and try to attack anyone that comes near them