Rabies: What to Do If You are Bit
OMG, I have been bitten, could I have Rabies? Finally a way to know.
OMG, I have been bitten, could I have Rabies? Finally a way to know.
What is the Deadliest Disease in the World? Small pox? the Flu? the Plague? all have a high mortality rate but are they the worst?
We tend to think of rabies as something belonging to the distant past or in far away places. While some of this is true it still costs over $300 million a year in rabies prevention, treatment and aftercare.
The recent death from rabies of the Belfast girl highlights that rabies is a killer. This disease is not well understood in UK, and currently large numbers of patients want to become medical tourists – but do they understand the threat posed by rabies, if they are looking for cornea, kidney or other transplants?