Rabies is a deadly disease that can transferred from the saliva of the animal that has it or from a bite. In the U.S animals such as bats, coyotes, foxes, raccoons, and skunks carry rabies.

Some signs that shows that you have rabies are: fever,headache, nausea, vomiting, agitation, fear of water (hydrophobia) because of the difficulty in swallowing, and hallucinations. It has been said that a bat’s bite may not wake you up while you’re sleeping, so if you wake up and see a bat in your room assume that you have been bitten and get help immediately.

However, sometimes it’s difficult for someone to tell that they have rabies because it moves throughout the body unknown. This happens because the rabies virus attaches to nerve cells, working its way through the nervous system. Eventually the virus makes its way to the brain, and by then it’s usually too late to be able to recover. 

Once it reaches the brain, the virus typically travels through the nerves to the salivary glands, which often causes foam to come out of your mouth. Saliva is its principle method of transmission into new hosts. After hitting the salivary glands, the virus continues its way down throughout the rest of the body. The person carrying the rabies may have hallucinations and mood swings. Sometimes the person is just in a “dumb” phase where they’re just peaceful. Either way both of these cases die from total paralysis or respiratory paralysis.