Rabies is so frightening for the simple fact that it has a nearly 100% fatality rate. Getting rabies is like receiving a death certificate while you are still alive.
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The rabies virus causes encephalitis, causing restlessness, confusion, agitation, bizarre behavior, hallucinations and insomnia.
Excessive salivation occurs, and attempts to drink fluids produce painful spasms of the laryngeal and pharyngeal muscles (hydrophobia).
In general, the individual dies within 3 to 10 days after the onset of symptoms.
