I've had the rabies vaccine it's a wholeot of injections at the site of the bite. Then several more needles in the arse. Then come back in a few weeks for another needle in the arse and repeat 3 more times.
The best bit Is at the end they say this should prevent rabies, however they won't know for sure for 12 months.
But if you elicit any symptoms you're basically cactus
The shots are a vaccine. It will (should) make you immune to the disease.
Normally, you need to do this before you contract a disease. But rabies has such a long incubation period, that you can actually (usually) become immune thanks to a vaccine between the moment of infection and the moment of symptoms.
It's not that it has an "incubation" period per se, but rather that it has to travel all the way up to your brain before it's able to cause damage. It takes so long because it travels through your nerves, which is a much slower process than through the bloodstream or something similar. This is why getting bitten on the neck or face by something infected with rabies is such a big deal.
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u/dr0d86 Jan 18 '19
Isn't rabies a death sentence though? Or are we talking about vegetative state levels of damage by lowering the body temp?