Rabies, how much misunderstanding do you have about it? We were all cheated by it.

The most frequently asked question is: "I was scratched (bitten) by a cat. Do I need a rabies vaccine? "

Today, cat lovers will talk about rabies. ...

"Rabies phobia" is a unique phenomenon in China. No country in the world attaches so much importance to rabies as China.

Recently, the problem of "rabies vaccine fraud" has aroused widespread concern. ...

At the same time, rabies vaccine was abused in China.

The annual consumption of rabies vaccine in China reaches150,000 people, which exceeds 80% of the global total consumption and generates considerable profits. Theoretically, 99.8% of the vaccinators can't have been vaccinated, and at least13 of them may have been abused.

So, what circumstances may belong to abuse? How to avoid abuse?

Rabies is an infectious disease with the highest mortality and the lowest incidence, and it is easy for people to overreact.

At present, unscientific remarks about rabies are rampant on the Internet or in real life, and all kinds of strange opinions are quite common among "experts" and the public, which makes some people who have contacted cats and dogs (even those who have never contacted them at all) stay in fear for a long time, and even develop into obsessive-compulsive disorder or hysteria. Some people have been vaccinated many times, but they still travel thousands of miles every month to do antibody testing, fearing that "once the antibody drops, rabies will break out."

Some people think that the virus has infiltrated their brains, and they will die, lose their jobs, look up information on the Internet all day, and be at a loss in all kinds of contradictory information. Some people suspect that the vaccine is fake, some people suspect that there is a live virus in the vaccine, some people suspect that rabies virus can spread through the air, and some people suspect that nurses and experts are struggling with endless troubles all day.

Therefore, the widespread prejudice and fallacy against rabies is an important reason for the massive abuse of rabies vaccine in China.

In fact, rabies is a disease with a very low mortality rate.

Only from 20 14 to 20 15 years, the official statistics of infectious diseases in China. At the beginning, the number of hepatitis was millions, and the number of deaths and latent AIDS was even more difficult to count. Don't worry if you want to invite some netizens to throw them on the moon.

Less than 1000 people died of rabies. How can people in China be so afraid?

The prevention and treatment of rabies has been basically solved in medicine for a long time. Rabies has been effectively controlled in all developed countries and some developing countries in the world, and the number of rabies deaths has remained at or near zero every year for many years.

Take Japan next door as an example. Rabies has been eradicated in Japan. Screenshot from the website of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (one of the central ministries and agencies of Japan):

Frankly speaking, the propaganda of rabies is a huge scam in China, which is the result of cooperation between vaccine companies and some bad media and so-called "experts"!

How many misunderstandings do you have about rabies?

The following opinions are from the College of Veterinary Medicine of Taiwan Province Provincial University, specially compiled by Professor Ye.

1. Is rabies transmitted by dogs?

Don't! All warm-blooded animals will be infected.

People bitten by infected animals will definitely die?

No, people are more resistant to rabies than other animals. If left untreated, less than 40% of people bitten by infected animals will get sick, but once they get sick, the mortality rate will be close to 100%.

If the bite is treated early, almost nothing will happen.

3. Healthy cats and dogs may also carry rabies virus?

Fake, healthy cats and dogs do not carry rabies virus at all.

Rabies virus only appears in the saliva of animals that have been sick or will be sick within 10 days.

Please don't worry too much about being scratched by cats and dogs.

4. Is it possible that cats and dogs are born with poison? ?

False, for rabies virus, an infectious virus, it can't be born, it can't be transmitted from mother to child, and it can't fall out of thin air.

Only when a mad dog bites your cat and dog nearby can this cat and dog get sick.

5. The incubation period of human rabies exceeds 10-20 years?

According to the research of the World Health Organization, the incubation period of human rabies is generally 2 weeks to 3 months, 99% of which occurs within one year, and it is rare to exceed 1 year.

6. the rabies virus in cats and dogs can always lurk, but animals can infect you without getting sick?

(Another international joke) The incubation period of rabies in cats and dogs is up to 6 months, but usually 100% dies within 2-5 days after the onset of rabies.

Animal quarantine centers in many countries will isolate your puppy for six months only when animals (epidemic areas) enter the country. If the dog is not sick, it not only proves that the dog does not have rabies, but also cannot carry rabies virus.

So there are no long-term latent animals or carriers, and long-term carriers are even more ridiculous. See the above questions 1 and 2 for the reasons.

If you are bitten by a cat or dog, are you worried about the possibility of rabies?

First of all, is it possible to get rabies by scratching your cats and dogs?

Basically, the following situations can be ruled out:

1. Domestic cats and dogs in big cities

2. Cats and dogs have a clear history and are kept at home.

3. Never been exposed to suspected rabies or bitten by animals of unknown origin.

4. There are no diseases and abnormal behaviors, and there are reasons for being bitten, such as protecting food, protecting children and hurting …

5. Animals have been vaccinated (it is recommended that pets be fully vaccinated, just a few hundred dollars ~)

6. The bite has been more than 10 days, and the cats and dogs are healthy as usual.

CCTV News also said so!

If cats and dogs have rabies, it is easy to observe and know.

The symptoms of rabies infection in dogs and cats generally have three stages: prodromal stage, manic stage and paralysis stage. (Source: Shovel WeChat subscription number)

Cats and dogs that see the following symptoms, please stay away!

Finally, don't be too afraid of rabies!

Don't tease wild animals, especially stray cats and dogs!

As a pet family, please vaccinate it regularly and work together to eliminate rabies!

Spread it out and let more people know the truth about rabies!

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