It is believed that everyone has heard of rabies and is not very unfamiliar with it! But we rarely truly understand this disease! In life, some minor illnesses can be ignored, but once you are infected with rabies, you must not take it lightly, because once it develops it can be fatal. Moreover, some people do not know much about rabies and do not know how long it takes for rabies to develop after infection. Let's slowly learn about it below...

In our life, some animals are very dangerous, such as dogs! Although they are good friends of humans and look friendly, they may also have a fierce side! Rabies is caused by being bitten by a dog carrying the rabies virus with open wounds, but after being bitten, the person bitten will not die immediately. Instead, the virus will incubate in the human body, and once it develops, the mortality rate is as high as 100%.

Due to the incubation period of rabies in the body, the time it takes to develop varies. Some develop relatively quickly, mostly around three months, while others take longer, approximately about one year. If you are bitten by a dog that is in the early stage of rabies infection, the amount of virus entering your body is less than during the peak infection period! The development time also depends on the severity of the bite. If the bite wound is larger, the virus will develop faster than with a smaller wound! If multiple parts of the body are bitten, the development time of rabies will also be faster!

Generally, when a person is bitten by an animal carrying rabies, there are no symptoms in the early stage. In severe cases, symptoms may appear in as fast as just over twenty days. The peak development period is usually between the third and fifth month, and it is rare for symptoms to develop after one year!

Once bitten by a dog carrying rabies, be sure to go to the hospital promptly for a rabies vaccination, and never take it lightly or think it is unimportant!