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To: nickcarraway

I did some online research into rabies. The virus can take from one to three weeks to show symptoms in your body. Depends on where the point of entry is. If it’s on the hand, it takes less time for the virus to reach the brain than if it’s on the leg, as in a dog bite on the leg.


10 posted on 01/15/2018 3:13:37 PM PST by Ciexyz (I'm conservative & traditionalist, a nationalist and patriot.)
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Years ago, my aunt told me of one of her neighbors who had traveled to India on vacation and was bitten by a rabid dog. She opted to wait on treatment as she was to go to Australia in a few days. From what I remember, there has never been rabies in Australia of the indigenous animals and there was no treatment available. She didn’t get treatment in time after that and came back to the states and passed away shortly afterwards.


21 posted on 01/15/2018 3:20:40 PM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Ciexyz

Every medical source I’ve consulted says at least 3 weeks or longer as the incubation period, not one week. If caught, treatment often involves observing the biting animal for 10 days to determine if it shows signs of rabies infection, so one week would fall within this relatively long period.


48 posted on 01/15/2018 3:51:20 PM PST by fwdude (Why is it that the only positive things to come out of LGBT organizations are their AIDS tests?)
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