World Rabies Day 2024: Dogs are people-dwelling animals that are both loved and feared. Dog bites cause a deadly disease like rabies, which kills thousands of people every year. World Rabies Day is celebrated every year on September 28 to raise awareness about diseases like rabies.
What is rabies?
Rabies disease is transmitted by the bite of an infected animal. This disease is spread through bites from dogs, monkeys and cats and the germs present in the saliva of these infected animals mix with the blood and spread the infection. Although today pets have started to be vaccinated against rabies, stray animals cannot receive the rabies vaccine and hence get infected and become carriers of the rabies disease.
Rabies virus affects the nervous system
If you look closely, newspapers publish news every day of people injured due to dog bites. Let us tell you that the risk of contracting rabies increases due to a dog bite. The rabies virus directly affects a person’s central nervous system. The symptoms of this disease appear late and people ignore it. Even today, in villages, after a dog bite, people apply turmeric, chili pepper and lime to the wound. Here, people don’t go to the doctor or even get a rabies injection, which increases the risk of the patient contracting rabies.
Every year, many deaths occur due to dog bites around the world.
Every year, approximately 20,000 people die from dog bites nationwide. When it comes to the world, statistics indicate that every year around 60,000 people die due to a dog bite worldwide. In such a situation, it is important to raise awareness about rabies and get information about its symptoms and prevention.
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rabies symptoms
The first symptom of rabies is fever. Along with this, there are pains in the body and head. There is a tingling sensation at the injured site. The patient feels weak and tired. As the effect of the virus increases, serious symptoms begin to appear in the patient. The patient begins to have difficulty swallowing food and water. The pain starts in the muscles. The patient begins to be afraid after seeing water.
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