BACKGROUND:
Hydrophobia is a clinical sign characteristic of human rabies. This sign
occurs following paroxysmal contractions of pharynx responsible for
hydrophobic spasms. Rabies can develop so quickly which can lead
patients to die in just a few days.
Rabies will make the muscles paralyzed sooner or later. The pain that
the sufferers feel when swallowing fluids, including saliva, is due to
the inability of the muscles responsible to control swallowing.