Informative Speech On Rabies Research Paper

This speech will give you a little bit of insight into the virus known as rabies. Rabies is a preventable disease that is caused by a bite by an infected animal. Rabies is a completely preventable with all of the vaccines you can get nowadays. But it is still not completely eradicated to this day. According to the CDC “The disease causes around 59,000 deaths per year that’s about one death per nine minutes.” Rabies is in every country on every continent inhabited by humans. Rabies is caused by animal bites and causes inflammation in the human brain and will usually cause death if untreated.
To help prevent rabies people need to vaccinate domestic pets and remember to not approach stray animals. A series of shots available today help to prevent the
Early Symptoms of the virus include fever, headache, and general weakness. More specific symptoms include insomnia, confusion, hyper salvation, agitation, and hydrophobia (a phobia of water). Rabies will eventually spread to the brain and lead to death. Early symptoms are usually very similar to other illnesses. The virus will eventually spread all over the central nervous system. It usually comes from wild animals such as raccoon's and bats. Factors that can increase the risk to the virus include traveling or living in developing countries where the rabies virus is more common. After an attack try to contain or capture the animal without injuring anyone else any further. If anyone has captured the infected animal they should tell the doctor about the animal and they should then contact the local health department on what to do with the animal. If a person is not certain that the animal that bit them has rabies, then both that human and animal will need to be test for the virus. The humans can get a blood test but the animal has to be put down and their brain has to be sent in for