Rabies bites in Thailand - 28 Oct 07

It has been called "a forgotten disease". Yet, rabies claims 55,000 lives worldwide per year - with most deaths occuring in rural areas of Africa and Asia.
It is a disease that can be eliminated, as has happened in developed countries. But in Asia the fight often faces cultural challenges.
Selina Downes reports from Bangkok.

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[pbrskater26]

Yeah, rabies is a nerological disease, it effects the brain and spinal cord. It causes you to go into a state of panic, hydrophobia, and hallucinations before it kills you. Brain neron failure basicly. Its a bad way to die.

[canadianroot]

they can't kill dogs, but CAN kill drug users by the dozens. where's the logic?

[mustwinder]

@SuperAyiayi Depends on where you live, in the US and most of Europe, Rabies has not been seen in the dog population in decades. To develop symptoms 10+ years after you've been bitten is almost unheard of.

[MrDiem2]

@pbrskater26 Is there a good way to die? There are bad ways to die, and there are worse ways to die, like rabies

[kobidobidog]

Rabies is a demonic lie to give rear. Satan gives fear,and God give love, and truth. Truth will never give fear. Fear causes humans to give Mercury ,and formaldehyde to humans,and pets calling it good. In California, and elsewhere those vaccinations should be illegal to give to any living thing, and that should occur right now. Want heath,and to avoid many things? upcspine U,C,S, care practitioners in your state. Do this right now. Not waiting for a problem to develop is best. 

[janeyanna]

They should go and neuter all the male dogs they can find. And for the bitches? There are hormone implants for humans, so, make the same for dogs, that should be less expensive and time consuming than to sterilise thousands of bitches.

[valarmanwe]

@SuperAyiayi Rabies is passed from one warm blooded animal to another by bite or scratch. It is extremely unlikely that you contracted the disease from the animal that bit you 13 years ago. Normal incubation period is a matter of days or weeks to a few months. Relax !

[SuperAyiayi]

what causes a dog to have a rabies virus? and i was bitten by a dog when i was a kid maybe 8-10 years old. which is didn't notice that i was bitten. i don't know why i didn't felt it. but now i'm 23 years old. is it possible that i still have that virus? coz they say that sometimes rabies takes a year/s for the symptoms to show.

[Scrap5000]

@nnnnnn7678 YES!