In our daily life, we often encounter dogs. Some friends sometimes get bitten by dogs without noticing and immediately go to get a rabies vaccine. However, some people do not pay attention and get rabies after being bitten by a dog without vaccination. Many people say that those infected with rabies imitate dog barking, so what is the principle behind this? Why does rabies make people imitate dog barking? Let’s explore this together.

1. Hydrophobia Symptoms

Hydrophobia Symptoms

First, when understanding why rabies makes people imitate dog barking, we need to understand a concept. The rabies virus can be transmitted from animals to humans, as well as between animals, and rabies has a very obvious characteristic, which is a strong fear of seeing water. Especially when drinking water or hearing the sound of water, it causes the patient to have very severe muscle spasms in the throat. This characteristic is also an easy way to identify rabies.

2. Fear of Wind and Light

Fear of Wind and Light

Besides hydrophobia, rabies has another very severe symptom, which is a strong fear of wind. To what extent? Even the slightest breeze is unbearable. Not only that, some patients also develop a fear of light. Once exposed to light, it immediately triggers muscle spasms in the throat. In short, this situation is very serious. In the most severe cases, even painful convulsions can occur throughout the body. These two symptoms above are obvious features of rabies, but imitating dog barking is not one of them and has nothing to do with rabies.

3. Manifestations of Mental Illness

So, why do people say that rabies makes you imitate dog barking? Actually, one main reason here is mental illness manifestations. As early as the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a related record saying that after suffering a certain mental illness, patients would imitate animal sounds, such as dog barking, cow mooing, chicken clucking, and pig grunting, etc. It is not limited to dog barking. Therefore, due to rumors, many people mistakenly believe that rabies makes people imitate dog barking, but there is no scientific basis for this.

The above introduces why rabies makes people imitate dog barking. I believe after reading this, everyone knows this is just a rumor and should not be taken seriously. At the same time, we should do a good job of rabies prevention and vaccinate pets in time to prevent rabies.