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Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

This is probably a dumb question, but if we eliminate the hydrophobia caused by rabies, would it increase the survival rate of active rabies?

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This is probably a dumb question, but if we eliminate the hydrophobia caused by rabies, would it increase the survival rate of active rabies?

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Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

I’ve been learning some about rabies and learned about rabies causing hydrophobia. This is just a theory, I’m not saying I know anything about this topic to be knowledgeable, but if we could get someone with rabies to not fear water, could they survive?

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It seems like this would be the most humane way to “treat” it, but maybe I’m missing something?

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