Rabies in humans ?

[dumboiu]

Only one person has survived rabies EVER. So why would anyone want to sit around and think about it?

Actually, only 3 patients are known to have survived symptomatic rabies without receiving rabies vaccine.

 

[simba20]

sounds like a friend of mine in highschool. she played electric bass and one day nicked her finger changing one of the strings. was'nt the first time it happened nor would it be the last. she did as she had always done in the past and washed it well then put disinfectant on it. within 24 hours she had a small red line going from the nick up her arm-ended up being a very bad infection that reqired massive antibiotics and a long recovery.

it's scary how fast an infection can spread.

This is almost exactly what happened to me in May. I had the tiniest little nick on my hand. At lunch I watched as a red welt appeared. I went to ER. In less than 24 hours my hand and arm were swollen just like you described. I was admitted for several days of IV antibiotics.

My doctor told me he had a patient who DIED from a paper cut in less than 48 hours. I was just lucky that I didn't wait to go to ER. My treatment (oral antibiotics first then IV) started with hours.

This happened to me on a Saturday. Had I waited until Monday to go see a doctor the outcome would not have been pretty.

These were likely staph infections. Staph lives on the skin and with an open cut (of any depth or size) can get inside the skin and cause havoc.

Back in March, I got a paper cut on my knuckle. I only noticed that night when I went to slide my hand under my pillow as I was going to sleep. I couldn't remember getting it.

The next day, my finger was stiff and swollen. By dinner time, i couldn;t bend it. I showed my husband and at first we thought I may have somehow broken or jammed it without realizing.

The next morning I woke up, with a huge red welt on it and couldn;t not bend my finger at all. We started to think something had bitten me. Later that day, an aber colored postule popped up out of the welt. I went to urgent care where the doctor diagnosed it as a staph infection. I was given oral antibitocis and some ointment to put on it. He also took off the amber colored postule (omg that hurt like crazy) and I could finally move my finger again. The finger returned back to normal, but I was advised for the next few days to watch for any red streaks running up my hands/arms.