Hydrophobia (medical condition): An infectious disease that can affect any mammal including humans and is transmitted through the saliva of an infected animal. The infectious agent is the Neurotropic lyssavirus which affects the salivary gland and also causes neurological symptoms.
See also:
Rabies:
»Introduction: Rabies
»Symptoms of Rabies
»Causes of Rabies
»Treatments for Rabies
Hydrophobia: SYN: rabies. [hydro- + G. phobos, fear; from reports of inability to swallow and resultant resistance to oral fluids in human and animal rabies]
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Hydrophobia: a symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids.
Source: WordNet 2.1
Hydrophobia: Another name for Rabies (or close medical condition association).
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»Symptoms of Rabies
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Hydrophobia: Hydrophobia is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:
Some of the causes of Hydrophobia are included in the list below:
See full list of 10 causes of Hydrophobia (Rabies)
Some of the symptoms of Hydrophobia incude:
See full list of 65 symptoms of Hydrophobia (Rabies)
Treatments for Hydrophobia (Rabies) include:
See full list of 11 treatments for Hydrophobia
Treatment of Hydrophobia: For more treatment information about Hydrophobia, see treatment of Rabies (Hydrophobia)
Rabies is an acute and deadly viral infection of the central nervous system. It is one of the most terrifying diseases known to man. Although rabies in humans is rare in the United States, as many as 18,000 Americans get rabies shots each year because they have been in contact with animals that may be rabid (rabies-infected). In 1998 according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only one person died of rabies in this country. (Source: excerpt from Rabies, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Rabies is a disease that affects wild animals, domestic animals (like pets and livestock), and humans. It is caused by a virus. A virus is a very tiny germ. You can see the rabies virus only with a special electron microscope. Only mammals (warm-blooded animals with fur) can get rabies. (Source: excerpt from What is rabies?: DVRD)
Hydrophobia (symptom): rabies also known as "hydrophobia" is a viral zoonotic neuroinvasive disease that causes acute encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) in mammals.
Hydrophobia (symptom): See Hydrophobia (symptom information).
These medical disease topics may be related to Hydrophobia:
Source - WordNet 2.1
Source: CRISP
The following list attempts to classify Hydrophobia into categories where each line is subset of the next.
Source: WordNet 2.1
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