Is there any chance of recovery once rabies symptoms have started?

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Once the virus has entered the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord), it leads to irreversible inflammation and damage.

No antiviral medication has been shown to treat rabies once symptoms begin.

The illness quickly progresses to coma and death, typically within days to weeks.

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  • Its very rare to survive rabies once the symptoms has appeared .
  • Rabies is commonly a fatal disease.
  • It also depends on the timing once the symptoms appears ,the treatment should be given immediately after the symptoms .
  • And also there is no permanent cure still available for rabies.
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Once rabies symptoms appear, the disease is almost always fatal.
Prompt post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) after a bite can prevent symptoms, but treatment options are limited once symptoms start.
Rare survival cases have been reported with intensive care, but outcomes are generally poor.

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