When bitten by a rabid dog, symptoms typically appear in seven-day cycles. If no symptoms arise after three cy…
When bitten by a rabid dog, symptoms typically appear in seven-day cycles. If no symptoms arise after three cycles, the danger lessens, but true safety comes only after one hundred days. The patient must abstain for life from dog meat and silkworm pupae; ingestion can trigger a fatal relapse. Before the wound fully heals, avoid eating raw fish, pork, chicken, and greasy foods. Ideally, avoid such foods for a full year. Even food steamed with fish below, or served in greasy utensils, may cause relapse.
Those who've eaten Malabar spinach before being bitten are much harder to treat. Even ten years after healing, eating Malabar spinach may cause recurrence.