Why don't rabies infected humans act like rabies infected animals

3 years ago by Extras to c/asklemmy

This always puzzled me. Why don't humans act much more aggressive or crazed like its often depicted with animals. Afaik there's 2 types of rabies, "dumb" and "furious" so my question is more towards the 2nd type. For example, we never hear of rabies causing a human to accidentally bite another human so why is that?

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the_q 78 points 3 years ago

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retro_guy 41 points 3 years ago

If you ever get a bite from a animal please get a rabies jab. Stray dog get a jab, bat hell yeah get a shot, dog tied done at the grocery store get a shot.

Rabies is seriously deathly.

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shalafi 24 points 3 years ago

Mouse bit me on my wedding night last month. My dumbass snatched him out of a trash can instead of just dumping. I may have had a few drinks. Didn't get a whole drop of blood out of me, but he got under the skin.

Next day, I'm seriously sweating it. OK, time to do a little research. Rabies reports around here are astonishingly rare, especially given the nature of the area. 1 in my county for all of 2023 so far. Still...

Found out that not only is rabies crazy rare in rats, mice and lagomorphs, there are no known instances of transmission to a human. I had no idea!

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520 29 points 3 years ago

Rabies aren't the only diseases wild mice can carry. Definitely get yourself checked out next time!

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Can_you_change_your_username 15 points 3 years ago

My neighbor was a maintenance man at an apartment complex and was bitten while emptying mouse traps. He was infected with a virus that caused some kind of lymphatic disease that developed into viral meningitis. He wound up spending months in hospitals and rehab and has permanent brain damage and disability. It was treatable if he had gone to the Dr earlier but healthcare is expensive and hard to access so he decided to wait and see if it'd pass.

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