I like to take walks and listen to loud music, often while wearing shorts. Two nights ago I was looking at my legs and I noticed two scratches on them.
I live in an area with a giant bat house within miles of my apartment. I don't remember ever coming into contact with a bat recently, or even seeing one beyond once or twice about a month ago. Still I'm nervous it's a bat bite and I'm gonna get rabies.
I went to my uni health clinic and the nurse basically laughed my out of the office telling me it wasn't a bat bite. My mom (who is a doctor) said the same thing, and I even called a guy at a natural history museum who worked with bats and he said I would've definitely noticed unless I was asleep, but that's unlikely since it would've been a bite.
Still I'm afraid it was a bat and I have rabies. Considering sticking myself with the ends of a staple, going to the er and claiming I know I was bitten so I can get the shots I need.
a bats mouth is not that big, it's fangs are like an inch apart MAX but these scratches are like 3 inches apart at the top. are you retarded? you had 3 different specialists tell you that its not a bat bite yet you're still convinced you need to rort the healthcare system like an autistic fuckhead. sage
Oliver Sullivan
But it could be a scratch instead of a bite, couldn't it? And you can get rabies from a scratch
Andrew Carter
think about it, a bat swooped by you, gave you two scratches on your calf (?) and flew away again and you didn't notice at all?? bullshit.
100% chance you just brushed a sharp twig or something
Lincoln Russell
go to the doctor as soon as possible, i had a friend of mine who had bats on his penth, once day one of these motherfuckers bite him and now hes on wheelchair and is retarded
See how the bat is on the floor? I did a lot of research and often rabid bats will go on the floor once their condition worsens.
Also the scratch is midway between my calf and ankle. The bat could've scratched me while I was walking. Not even a flying motion, but just a skitter jump and he'd get me. Bam! I wouldn't have even been seeing for it.
Ryder Clark
Mate, if you've got rabies, there's no cure. No matter what. Don't worry about things out of your control. Stress doesn't help
Dominic Turner
I doubt your friend is one of the few people who survived rabies without a vax shot.
That's not true. Once you get it, getting a series of five shots + immunoglobin from the hospital will save you 99.9999% as long as you get it before symptoms start showing, which can take anywhere from a few weeks to months. (With some cases shorter/longer). But once you start showing symptoms you are 99.9999% gonna die.
