Woman Rescued a Baby Raccoon. Now, She and 20 Friends Need Rabies Treatment.

A small raccoon is very cute. But if you have seen it before, you should probably resist the urge to pick it up and bring it home.

A woman in Colorado learned this when the raccoon dog that she brought home got rabies positive. A dozen friends who visited these living things with her now need to be treated for rabies.

According to a statement by Weld County Public Health and Environment, a woman living in Verde County (North of Denver) recently found a small raccoon in her property and put it in her house.

According to the local news agency "Gurley Tribune", when a female friend asked that she had small raccoons they had to cease - indeed, 20 people would see the raccoon at the female house I asked for it. .

"Because this is a baby's wildlife, I think I'm interested in baby animals at home," Rachel Freeman, director of health communication at the division, told the Greeley Tribune. [5 terrible than Evora]

The woman contacted a local animal care facility and confirmed whether he could take a raccoon, but he could not accept it. Instead, evacuation centers contacted the Ministry of Health, and the Department of Health examined raccoons of raccoons.

Positive test results means that all 21 exposed to raccoon need to treat rabies. Officials said that this is the biggest rabies exposure case ever

"It is very important that people do not touch or approach wildlife," Dr. Mark Wallace, county health department director, said in a statement.

The statement also states that animal babies may look like "orphans," but it is not. However, if people are too close to their descendants, their parents may not come back.

Rabies is a viral disease affecting the central nervous system. It is usually spread by bites of infected animals. This disease may cause swelling of the brain and spinal cord, which may be fatal if left untreated.

However, this disease can be treated with post-exposure prophylaxis, including providing a rabies vaccine after exposure. Dr. Amesh Adalja, a doctor of infection and senior scholar at Johns Hopkins University Health and Safety Center, told Live Science in a 2017 interview.

Not all raccoons suffer from rabies, but in the United States raccoons are generally the main cause of rabies. Because raccoons are active during the day, it does not necessarily take rabies. However, there are some indications that there is a possibility that raccoons may be infected with rabies. The main symptoms of rabies raccoons include confusion and disorientation, numbness of legs and walking difficulties, wet hair, tangled hair, remarkable aggression, very large abnormal sounds, and so on. Raccoon raccoons may also have foaming and watery eyes in their mouth

Rabies is a viral disease in mammals that is usually transmitted through rabid animal bites. In the United States, most rabies cases involve wildlife such as raccoons, skunks, bats, foxes. Rabies attacks the central nervous system and ultimately leads to brain diseases and death. Death usually occurs within a few days after symptoms appear (symptoms may not occur even after more than a month has elapsed since animals with rabies were bitten). Human rabies vaccine is very effective if people are treated within a couple of days after biting, the victims usually survive. Therefore, deaths due to rabies are extremely rare in the United States. Because almost all livestock are vaccinated, rabies animals are rarely bitten in the United States. However, in India, victims often do not receive treatment because they do not know that they are infected, can not access the clinic, or pay for treatment.