Open AccessA case of rabies in humans
Author(s) -
H. Khezretkulov
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj99896
Subject(s) - rabies , medicine , pediatrics , disease , anxiety , incubation period , autopsy , surgery , psychiatry , psychology , incubation , virology , psychotherapist
For 3 years we monitored 4 people with rabies who did not receive anti-rabies vaccinations after being bitten by an unknown dog. Two adult patients and one adolescent patient developed the disease 35-41 days after the bite. However, in another adolescent the incubation period was 15 months. The patients were bitten by an animal in the leg (2), arm (1), and facial area (1).The victims went to a doctor on days 2-4 of the disease. All patients had typical symptoms of the neurological phase of rabies. They felt headache, anxiety, restlessness, insomnia, dry mouth, water phobia. Against the background of therapy, the condition continued to worsen progressively, and the death of the patients occurred on days 7, 9 and 12 of the disease with the phenomena of suffocation. No autopsy was performed.