Symptoms


      Rabies symptoms are similar to flu symptoms at the beginning, causing weakness, discomfort, fever and headache. Rabies progresses very quickly, usually ending in death 2 to 10 days after symptoms are presented. The closer the bite wound is to the head the faster symptoms will cause death. Below is a list of symptoms associated with rabies: (Rabies - CDC)  

Itching or pricking at the bite wound
Anxiety
Confusion
Agitation
Delirium
Hallucinations
  Insomnia 
Depression
Cerebral dysfunction
Paralysis 
Muscle spasm resulting in hydrophobia
Hyper-salivation
Coma
Death 


Video of a Rabid Fox 
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoyEaMFPF_0&noredirect=1)

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