I’ve been learning some about rabies and learned about rabies causing hydrophobia. This is just a theory, I’m not saying I know anything about this topic to be knowledgeable, but if we could get someone with rabies to not fear water, could they survive?

  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    4 months ago

    and didnt they use it on that girl that survived cause she didnt report the bite until it was too late, so it was either try something dangerously crazy like Mulwaukee Protocol, or just die miserably?

    • rudyharrelson@kbin.social
      17·
      4 months ago

      I guess whether this protocol should be abandoned, rather than iterated on to improve its chances of success, to me, depends on the effect the coma has on the patient’s quality of life while the protocol is attempted. It’s arguably more humane to put someone in a medically induced coma while they’re still sane. If the protocol fails, the patient is at least not conscious while their brain is deteriorating.

      I’m gonna go watch House.