GIRL BITTEN BY A DOG INFECTED WITH RABIES, DIED

A 13-year-old girl died two months after being bitten by a dog. According to the report, the legs and arms of the girl needed to tie because she gets sometimes restless, and struggling to breathe causing her to felt weak.

Dog infected with rabies bit seven people (Photo courtesy of Brgy. 99 Tondo Manila/GMA News)

While being admitted to the hospital, the girl gradually weakened and her mouth foamed, twelve hours after being rushed to the hospital, she died. According to the girl's mother, her daughter did not immediately say that she was bitten by a dog in February and said that she just hung on the wire.

The victim's death certificate revealed that the cause of her death was Rabies Encephalitis. The girl was brought to the hospital after she developed a fever and became anxious, the girl reportedly told her mother that it was difficult for her to drink water.

According to the doctors, the virus immediately travels to the human system when the animal is infected with rabies. It should be washed with running water ten minutes vigorously, If there is antiseptic, there is alcohol or there is iodine, on the site, pour liberally on the area of ​​the wound site.

It is said that it may take days, weeks or months before the symptoms of rabies appear in a bitten person, so wash the wound immediately and go to the hospital. Rabies is deadly so the wound should not be ignored.

In the investigation of the barangay, seven other people were bitten by the same dog on the same day last February, the barangay caught the dog and turned it over to the Vitas Veterinary inspection board, the dog was said to be really brave and after eight days the dog passed away.

Source: GMA Integrated News 

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