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Minnesota Man Dies from Rabies

post #1 of 8
10/23/07 at 8:01pm
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http://www.startribune.com/west/story/1503056.html

Minnesota man dies from rabies contracted from a Bat bite.
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post #2 of 8
10/23/07 at 8:33pm
He bit by a bat back in August....felt a pinprick but thought nothing of it. Mayo Clinci diagnosed him Thursday, he died Saturday.
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post #3 of 8
10/23/07 at 9:27pm
Wow! Out West, it's such common knowledge that bats and raccoons as well as foxes and feral cats can carry rabies! in fact, in elementary school, we were taught to never touch or go near a bat out in the daytime; if you did, and the bat's head wasnt sent off to the state to be tested, you'd have to endure the painful rabies treatments. I wonder why that man didn't contact his county health dept and get the rabies treatments
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post #4 of 8
10/24/07 at 6:01am
I've seen/been around bats in the daytime. As long as they don't come towards you, you are fine. Its when you see a bat on the ground you should NEVER touch it.

I can't get to the article link from the one posted to read the story. But if the guy picked up the bat from the ground and it bit him - that's why he got rabies.
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post #5 of 8
10/24/07 at 6:24am
Perhaps at the time he was swatting at the bat, he didn't realize that the bat bit him. He may have passed the prick off as a splinter or something non-rabies related and figured that if the bat did bite him, then he would have seen blood.

I guess its when its time for people to go, it's time for them to go.
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post #6 of 8
10/24/07 at 8:16am
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Originally Posted by GoldenKitty45 View Post
I can't get to the article link from the one posted to read the story. But if the guy picked up the bat from the ground and it bit him - that's why he got rabies.
You might have to add that site to your firewall privacy permissions area. I have to do that for some sites before I can see the content.

However, here is another story, shorter but it gets the gist of it.

http://www.kare11.com/news/news_arti...storyid=268038
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post #7 of 8
10/25/07 at 2:09pm
Those who actually develop rabies will only live an average of 8 days if they aren't treated. If they do get supportive care after it develops, they might live a month. There has only been one person who has survived having rabies.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/25/na...er=rssuserland
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post #8 of 8
10/27/07 at 8:00am
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Originally Posted by Shorty14788 View Post
Those who actually develop rabies will only live an average of 8 days if they aren't treated. If they do get supportive care after it develops, they might live a month. There has only been one person who has survived having rabies.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/25/na...er=rssuserland
I can't find the article right now, but I've read that the treatment they used on the girl, has failed every time after they have tried it, and the patients died. Her survival was a fluke IMO. If you develop rabies, you're history.
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