Rabies can be prevented.

 

September 28 is celebrated as the world of World Rabies Day. Indonesia was first commemorated in 2009 in Bali. At that time, Bali was hit by an increase in rabies cases.

Deaths due to rabies was first reported in November 2008 Badung Regency in 2010 and in 2011, a warning was also centered in Bali. It was to support the Provincial Government of Bali Bali embodies free of rabies in 2012.

Rabies is an acute infectious disease that attacks the nerves and the central nervous system caused by the rabies virus enters the body through the bite of an animal transmitting rabies. Rabies is a deadly disease. As many as 90 percent of cases of human rabies transmitted by dogs. The rest is transmitted by cats, monkeys, bats, and other wild animals.

Rhabdovirus rabies virus, including families, genus Lyssa virus, so-called cases of rabies cases also Lyssa. The virus is transmitted through the bite straight into the blood. In the open air, the virus dies when washed with fat solvents, such as soaps, detergents, and ether.

situation of rabies

In Indonesia, rabies spread in 24 provinces. Animal bite cases and deaths is high enough Bali, East Nusa Tenggara, Maluku, North Sumatra, and Nias. Live rabies-free province of Bangka Belitung, Riau Islands, Jakarta, Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, West Nusa Tenggara, West Papua, and Papua.

From the graph it appears that since an increase in rabies cases in Bali in 2008, the number of cases increased rapidly bite. The peak occurred in the year 2010 from 78 203 bite cases, 70 percent occurred in Bali.

Through the efforts and cooperation of all parties, especially through mass vaccination movement in dogs, the number of cases of animal bites transmitting rabies decreased.

In order not to spread the rabies virus, there needs to be a solid cooperation among different related sectors and society, especially dog owners, so it does not spread and rabies infected areas can be free of rabies.

symptoms of rabies

In humans, the symptoms of early-stage rabies difficult to recognize because it resembles other viral infections, such as fever, headache, fatigue, loss of appetite, and nausea. Because it's worth noting a history of animal bites transmitting rabies. Often people do not realize because of the bite wound has healed. Tenderness, heat, and tingling in the bite marks can be used to identify the cause.

At an advanced stage, will be found very typical symptoms for rabies, hydrophobia namely (excessive fear of water), the other symptoms are a high sensitivity to light stimuli, sound and wind, so people will rabies seizures. In addition, saliva arise and tear excessively, ending with paralysis. Usually patients died 4-6 days after the first symptoms arise.

Rabies in animals

In animals, symptoms are the same, namely fear, aggressively attack humans, drinking water difficulty, difficulty breathing, and seizures. It could also be the opposite, the dog seemed silent, but suddenly attack humans.

Things you can do to prevent rabies, among others, the owner of the animals (dogs, cats) to vaccinate their pets and do not let pets roam freely. This is to reduce the possibility of pets contact with wild animals likely to get rabies.

Which bite humans, pets need to be confined and observed for 10 days or be reported to the local animal husbandry department officials.

When we are bitten by a dog, immediately wash the bite wound with running water for 10 minutes and washed with soap or detergent, do not stitched wound, then given an antiseptic, such as Betadine, alcohol, then immediately go to a doctor or health clinic to receive antirabies vaccine.

If the animal transmitting rabies bite cases treated immediately according to the procedure, most likely the occurrence of rabies can be prevented.