ASK A DOCTOR: WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS OF RABIES?

Expert opinion from Marcella Abunahman Pereira

Specialization in Clinical Cardiology · 12 years of experience · Brazil

Rabies is transmitted by the inoculation of the virus within the saliva through the bite of an infected animal. Dogs, cats and bats are the main transmitters. Possible rabies complications include psychosis (with hallucinations, delirium and aggressiveness), seizures, speech difficulty, muscular twitching and death. Receiving the vaccine post-exposure is highly successful in preventing the disease if administered promptly, in general within ten days of infection.

Expert opinion from Mukhtadir Yakub

MBBS, · 5.5 years of experience · India

Possible acute complications of rabies include fatigue, malaise, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea. Neurological complications include psychosis, delirium, hydrophobia, seizures, aphasia, muscular twitching. Excessive salivation, paranoia, aggression including biting and thrashing are also complication of rabies. Inevitable complication of rabies is death.

Expert opinion from Alex T. Thomas

MD · 40 years of experience · USA

The complications may include: - Myocarditis - Respiratory distress - Acute renal failure - Gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

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