rabies in Podcasts
conditionRabies is a deadly viral disease caused by the rabies virus, affecting nerve tissue and transmitted through saliva of infected animals.
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And even in most places where rabies is still present, the danger of rabid wolves has decreased dramatically.
And that's because not only have we figured out a pretty good way to treat people after attacks, but also because many countries have adopted stricter rules and guidelines on monitoring wild populations, leading to some actually now being considered rabies-free, including those that were once ravaged by the disease extensively, like France, where once upon a time, bell tolls were even associated with rabid wolves, as they were typically rung to alert the villagers of danger.
however with that said no one and i mean absolutely no one should be taking any chances with rabies no matter how insignificant the bite was as in 1868 for example a rabbit wolf attack in kansas left one man with a slightly bitten finger and given its location of what doctors knew about the disease they did advise the man to amputate his finger however he refused and ultimately that decision cost him his life as a few months later he developed the virus and died
And this does highlight how there's a bit of luck involved with rabies, as not all attacked will become infected, with those chances coming down to how much of the virus was actually delivered.
But one thing to note here is that not everyone bit actually died, despite this taking place prior to rabies treatment being invented.
And over the coming many months, dozens perished as rabies took hold, while many of the animals died as well.
with even an additional dogs that come into rabies after eating the remains of one of the slain pigs and guess what this attack is not even at the bad end of the spectrum of rabid wolf attacks as they can occur on a much larger scale and this was seen in france back in 1851 where a local hospital police report in a letter from a government ministry
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