As there are more and more people walking their dogs on the streets and alleys, many friends have also developed the idea of raising a dog, but some friends will be concerned about rabies, a somewhat terrifying infectious disease, and dare not take action. So what are the clinical symptoms of rabies? How should first aid be after being bitten by a cat and dog?
Rabies is an acute infectious disease caused by people being bitten by dogs, cats, wolves and other animals and being infected by rabies virus. Rabies virus can reproduce in dogs' salivary glands, and after biting, people are infected through the residual saliva in the wound. When people are sick, they mainly manifest as excitement, water fear, pharyngeal muscle spasm, dyspnea, and progressive paralysis until death. The incubation period is 20-90 days. Once there is no specific drug in the treatment of the disease, the mortality rate is extremely high and almost 100%.
Typical mad dogs often show that they have upright ears, looking straight at their eyes, red eyes, drooling, thinness, barking and running around, biting when they see people, and unsteady walking; there are also a few mad dogs who show quietness, living alone, being disturbed, screaming wildly, and sticking out their tongues and drooling. Until he dies of general numbness. Although some dogs and cats do not show "rabies" symptoms, they carry rabies virus. After biting, they can still cause people to get rabies virus and get "rabies".
So after a person is bitten by a dog or a cat, no matter whether it is a mad dog at that time, the wound must be treated in time according to the following method:
If the wound is bleeding, as long as it does not bleed too much, do not rush to stop the bleeding, because the outflow of blood can wash away the remaining mad dog saliva from the wound, which can naturally play a certain disinfectant role.
For wounds that are not bleeding a lot, squeeze and bleed from the proximal end to the wound to facilitate detoxification. At the same time, the wound must be thoroughly cleaned as soon as possible within two hours after the injury to reduce the chance of rabies. Use a clean brush, which can be a toothbrush or gauze, and repeatedly brush the wound with thick soapy water, especially deep in the wound, and rinse it with clean water in time. Do not refuse to brush carefully due to pain, and the brushing time should last at least 30 minutes. After rinsing, apply the wound several times with 70% alcohol or 50-70 degrees white wine. Under no anesthesia, the pain is more obvious when applying, and the wounded should be mentally prepared. After applying, the wound does not need to be bandaged and can be left naked.
For new and old wounds that are scratched, licked, and contaminated by dogs in other parts, they should be treated equally as bites. After the above wound is treated, the injured should be sent to a nearby hospital or health and epidemic prevention station for rabies vaccine as soon as possible.