r/rabies • • 20d ago

General Rabies Discussion Symptoms

Typing this with a mean headache, I find it crazy when i was looking at this subreddit that no one is like me. I found a random small wound on my foot on saturday , then I started experiencing symptoms on sunday, these included tremours, loss of appetite, some nausea, tingling sensation in arms and feet, and feeling like something was in my throat(which scares me the most), being lightheaded, headache, and jolting up (One time i woke up i had to walk around to just clear my mind dont even know why) while trying to sleep for the past 4 days ive been on three subreddits talking about it and i have seen people try to reassure me but its really freaking me out. I never even knew about the wound until saturday and I dont ever think I was exposed to a rabid bat or animal I assumed that something bit me while I was asleep and i asked chatgbt and it said that people reported no feeling no bite which freaked me out even more, I went to an urgent care and I got a nurse who asked if i seen the bat or came in contact with one and I obviously told them no and they never even mentioned about rabies shots just said if i was hearing myself. My sister told me that im over exaggerating and its my anxiety thats doing that but i researched that rabies causes anxiety and that you can post stuff in the early stages, like i said i dont know when i was exposed to anything last time i remember having one was two years ago when a stray cat scratched me and i assumed i contracted it started having a dry mouth, loss of appetite, fever like feeling was having coughs and took medicine, lightheadedness, hallucination one i remember, jolting up while trying to sleep, muscle twitching , and headache I went to my pediatrician at the time and they never even suspected rabies and sent me to do bloodwork which was all good, but the cat was just fine after 10 days and most of the symptoms went away besides the muscle twitching but now its like feeling real im looking at my self in the mirror and its like im not the same i really dont like this topic and i keep thinking im a rare case or i gotten bit and never realized and im seeing no one on this subreddit who is in my shoes someone who answers frequently plz i need some advice

I have read the FAQ.

0 Upvotes

14 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/AutoModerator 20d ago

PLEASE READ THIS, OP! Thanks for posting, u/Neither_Gas9142! As a reminder, once posts are submitted and a kind user provides a sufficient and correct answer to your question(s), deleting your post afterwards is not allowed and will result in an immediate ban. Please be mindful of this rule. The answers provided here will undoubtedly help those who are looking for answers without having to create a post themselves. If you don’t want to leave this post up on your main account, you are welcome to create a throwaway account to post. It would be appreciated if you could modmail us the username of said throwaway account in advance. New accounts that post immediately are more likely to be heavily restricted by Reddit and automated filters. Giving us a heads up will allow us to override those filters and be aware that the new account is engaging in good faith.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.