Hydrophobia

Introduction: Hydrophobia

Description of Hydrophobia

Hydrophobia (medical condition): An infectious disease that can affect any mammal...more »

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Hydrophobia: a symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Hydrophobia: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Hydrophobia:

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• Rabies
• Span
• Class
• Fear (366 causes)
• Swallow (664 causes)
• Swallow symptoms (664 causes)
• Resistance
• Oral

Hydrophobia as a Disease

Hydrophobia: Another name for Rabies (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Rabies
  »Symptoms of Rabies
  »Causes of Rabies
  »Treatments for Rabies

Hydrophobia: Related Diseases

Hydrophobia: Hydrophobia is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Viral diseases
• Zoonotic Diseases
• Brain conditions
• Vaccine-preventable diseases
• Diseases contagious from dogs
• Diseases contagious from cats
• Diseases contagious from animals
• Conditions involving a pathogen
• Nervous system conditions

Causes of Hydrophobia

Some of the causes of Hydrophobia are included in the list below:

• Animal bite
• Raccoon bite - 44% of USA rabies cases
• Skunk bite - 28.5% of USA rabies cases
• Bat bite - 12.5% of USA rabies cases
• Fox bite (type of Animal bite) - 5.5% of USA rabies cases

See full list of 10 causes of Hydrophobia (Rabies)

Symptoms of Hydrophobia (Rabies)

Some of the symptoms of Hydrophobia incude:

• Mental depression - for a short period
• Restlessness
• Itching - around the bite site
• Headache
• Fever

See full list of 65 symptoms of Hydrophobia (Rabies)

Treatments for Hydrophobia (Rabies)

Treatments for Hydrophobia (Rabies) include:

• Human rabies immunoglobulin (HRIG) shots - a form of rapid passive immunization; used before starting rabies shots.
• Rabies vaccine shots - active immunization; typically a series of 5 shots; there are various types of rabies shots.
  • Human diploid cell vaccine (HDCV)
  • Rabies vaccine adsorbed (RVA)
  • Purified chick embryo cell culture (PCEC)

See full list of 11 treatments for Hydrophobia

Treatment of Hydrophobia: For more treatment information about Hydrophobia, see treatment of Rabies (Hydrophobia)

Hydrophobia: Article Excerpts about Rabies

Rabies, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID (Excerpt)

Rabies is an acute and deadly viral infection of the central nervous system. It is one of the most... (Source: excerpt from Rabies, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)

What is rabies?: DVRD (Excerpt)

Rabies is a disease that affects wild animals, domestic animals (like pets and livestock), and humans. It... (Source: excerpt from What is rabies?: DVRD)

Hydrophobia as a Symptom

Hydrophobia (symptom): rabies also known as "hydrophobia" is a viral zoonotic...more »

Hydrophobia (symptom): See Hydrophobia (symptom information).

More information on symptom: Hydrophobia:

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Hydrophobia: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Hydrophobia:

• animal bite
• treatment
• symptoms
• causes
• human rabies
• rabies vaccine
• hydrophobia
• mad dog disease
• bat rabies
• avian rabies
• paralytic rabies
• dumb rabies
• furious rabies
• rabies virus
• rhabdovirus
• Rhabdoviridae
• Lyssavirus

Terms associated with Hydrophobia:

Broader terms for Hydrophobia

• symptom

Source - WordNet 2.1

The following terms can be used for Hydrophobia

• rabies

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Hydrophobia

The following list attempts to classify Hydrophobia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• symptom
• evidence,grounds
• information
• cognition,knowledge,noesis
• psychological feature

Source: WordNet 2.1

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