Patients who have rabies are afraid of water, a typical symptom during the onset of the disease.
The rabies virus is a neurophilic virus that invades the patient’s nervous system, including the vagus, hypoglossal, and glossopharyngeal nerves. As a result, it affects the lowering of the excitation threshold of these nerves and makes them susceptible to stimulation by external signals. When the patient is stimulated, the swallowing muscles spasm, and the patient will experience a fear of water whenever he or she drinks or hears the sound of water.
Rabies generally has three stages, which are divided into the prodromal stage, the excitation stage and the paralytic stage. Patients will usually show symptoms of fear of water and wind during the excitation phase, and may even be stimulated by some weak signals, such as bright lights, noises, or air currents, and so on.
Rabies is a lethal human-animal sexually transmitted disease, which cannot be cured medically at present, and once attacked, the lethality rate reaches 100%…. In daily life, pay attention to keep a safe distance from dogs, cats and these animals, and if you are scratched or bitten, you must go to the hospital as soon as possible.