Discussions show a strong interest in the case of a 15-year-old girl surviving rabies through an experimental treatment, with posts sharing detailed stories, videos, and medical insights. The tone shifts between factual reporting and emotional concern, reflecting both engagement and recognition of rabies' severity, which collectively suggest a meaningful but not revolutionary impact on public awareness.
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InterestHigh interest
Many posts express curiosity about rabies survival stories and treatment methods, indicating a high level of interest in this rare and compelling case.
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Posts highlight that rabies is a deadly disease with limited treatment options, emphasizing the importance of awareness and early intervention, suggesting moderate impact.
Abstract in brief
A 15-year-old girl survived rabies after developing symptoms a month post-bat bite, without receiving the rabies vaccine, by undergoing a treatment that induced coma to support her immune response.
Her treatment involved medications such as ketamine, midazolam, ribavirin, and amantadine, which caused some drug-related toxic effects like hemolysis, pancreatitis, acidosis, and liver toxicity, but her condition eventually improved.
Nearly five months later, she remained alert and communicative but still experienced neurological issues like choreoathetosis, speech problems, and unsteady gait, although recovery from initial paralysis and sensory issues was noted.
Not gonna lie; since Petal focuses on medical history, things can get pretty gnarly at times. But if you want a more positive video to ease yourself into her content, I recommend her video on the first survivor of symptomatic rabies.
youtu.be/wsYjY8Jyh7o?...
Feb 10, 2024 · 18 likes · 9 shares · 717 followersView post →
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Seeker by The Verge
@Seeker · X
On World Rabies Day (for real, Google it), learn more about the history of rabies and how it affects humans and animals https://t.co/ZZwPRL5iWK. https://t.co/spfkLAwZEC
Rabies has been frightening populations for centuries due to its deadly progression. Once inside the body, it destroys tissues and damages the brain, leading to behavioral changes and death. This video explores how the…
Jeanna Giese survived rabies after developing symptoms a month post-bat bite by undergoing induced coma therapy using medications like ketamine and midazolam, supporting her immune response. Her case offers insights…
@YangoLio @littlewisehen Eine 15-Jährige wurde von einer Fledernmaus gebissen. Nach einem Monat brach Tollwut aus. Sie war 76 Tage in einer Klinik. Dass sie überleben würde, war sehr unwahrscheinlich.
Ich denke, die betreffenden Eltern sollten das hier lesen: https://t.co/9MVFauxqlo
@littlewisehen Die Chance, Tollwut zu überleben, ist sehr gering,
Eltern, die sich gegen die Impfung ihres Kindes aussprechen, sollten die Arbeit lesen, wie eine 15-jährige Tollwut überlebte.
76 Tage Krankenhaus. Nach 8 Wochen konnte sie ihren Namen wieder schreiben.
https://t.co/9MVFauwSvQ
Jul 23, 2025 · 1 like · 1,073 followersView post →
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VladTepes
@DraculaTepesIII · X
@AGR02G Então, um tratamento de por em coma a pessoa e deixar ela se recuperar deu certo. E sim a raiva tem aumentado em casos e ninguém tá percebendo.
https://t.co/tILXXADHi9
RT @vizurantvis: @Incognito_qfs In case anyone wants to know more about rabies in humans:
https://t.co/xYDaWD7EWd
Jun 30, 2025 · 1 share · 2,702 followersView post →
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@vizurantvis · X
@Incognito_qfs In case anyone wants to know more about rabies in humans:
https://t.co/xYDaWD7EWd
Jun 30, 2025 · 11 likes · 1 share · 48,368 followersView post →
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Heather Anne
@heatherandlace_ · X
I’ve known about Jeanna Giese’s story for years but not to this level of detail. I watched this whole video from start to finish without a single pause. I can’t begin to express how fucked up it is that that one neurologist simply brushed off the bat bite.
https://t.co/v95KxOeGHf
Not gonna lie; since Petal focuses on medical history, things can get pretty gnarly at times. But if you want a more positive video to ease yourself into her content, I recommend her video on the first survivor of symptomatic rabies.
youtu.be/wsYjY8Jyh7o?...
Most animals don’t have rabies. However, a rabies infection causes the host to change their behavior to increase its survival. That’s why it’s concerning when an animal like a bat comes into your space. Normally, it would fear you but the virus makes it want to bite you!
I have low followers but will post this anyways. Rabies is serious, it is horrific, the window to treat it is very little and it's undetectable. You most likely will die a horrific death. If you survive you will not be the same.
https://t.co/cumIMJBT2c
Link to the video if you’re interested in watching: https://t.co/HC7b4QpCXz
Sorry guys I know this is like super random but this story is so crazy interesting and I learned so much I didn’t know before.
Oct 28, 2024 · 1 like · 1,262 followersView post →
@PNW_Dude_18 he's not actually in the video but it's a really fascinating case https://t.co/y9mYOwE404
Oct 3, 2024 · 8 likes · 12,758 followersView post →
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Nick #RespiratorsFilterPathogens
@NickAnderegg · X
This is a super interesting video: https://t.co/JyjFN06Meg
From it, I learned that in 2004, people didn’t often know that bats can carry rabies, and the first World Rabies Day was Sep 28, 2007.
Was the Fun Run episode (Sep 27, 2007) of The Office a tie-in to World Rabies Day?!
Sep 28, 2024 · 1 like · 7,110 followersView post →
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Samuel Foster-Harvey
@lecroix221 · X
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" This is what I call it, if I think I have crossed paths with an ex Girlfriend.. I'm still a lower case g.... "
@barandbench I heard a case where in some country they treated rabies after inducing coma into patient and he recovered . What was medical procedure I don't know . This is just to share info .
https://t.co/gYvWvmAiQL
Sep 11, 2023 · 1 like · 1 share · 290 followersView post →
@Dr_Dr_Mr_MD @PiottiP @Animalsheltrdoc @txdvm1 There’s this somewhat well known case report of a survival in the NEJM. Not a full neurological recovery but did survive.
https://t.co/fuJ2h77rsV
@TRyanGregory My info may be out of date - I remember reading this amazing case study https://t.co/Gxyna936DP
But the fact remains the survival rate is extremely low. I wouldn’t take that bet.
Jun 3, 2023 · 1 like · 1 share · 1,619 followersView post →
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Minal
@zufilover · X
Survival after Treatment of Rabies with Induction of Coma | NEJM https://t.co/fTlvLlGVP3
RT @carignan_alex: Saviez-vous que le protocole de Milwaukee a mené au premier cas de survie suite à une infection par la rage chez une fil…
Dec 19, 2022 · 3 shares · 1,066 followersView post →
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Alex Carignan
@carignan_alex · X
Saviez-vous que le protocole de Milwaukee a mené au premier cas de survie suite à une infection par la rage chez une fille de 15 ans ?
Dec 19, 2022 · 36 likes · 3 shares · 12,082 followersView post →
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Christian
@Christian_NDBy · X
@tittetanke Einen überlebten Fall von Tollwut gibt es mindestens
https://t.co/pJUN143g5j
Dec 18, 2022 · 3 likes · 3,645 followersView post →
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Angel Stewart
@astewart42 · X
@Jnazie7 This is no joke. See a doctor even if the skin was only scratched. https://t.co/yT1PkaerGn with all that crowd and noise a stray dog had the wherewithal to bite you? Nah… get checked.
Dec 17, 2022 · 11 likes · 521 followersView post →
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Mühendis Hanım
@capulcumuh · X
@Ferhatarslandr Deneysel tedavi yerine ABD'de uygulanan protokol var:
https://t.co/qt3ghUepdS
@GreyingnCranky @drsavirgupta This is an outdated report. There have been only 1 survivor and the doctors themselves say it was mostly luck and likely because her small bite from a mild form of bat rabies.. Here's the doctors report.
https://t.co/fq2R82qg4f
@sadlerj92 @truesuneelpr @drsavirgupta This survival rate is without any intervention. But there was something known as Milwaukee Method.
I understand it might give false hope but isn’t a zero chance
https://t.co/LyAbEsKDZ9
#RT @Seeker: On World Rabies Day (for real, Google it), learn more about the history of rabies and how it affects humans and animals https://t.co/uqxqYSPaT7. https://t.co/NNNGmvFQF1
On World Rabies Day (for real, Google it), learn more about the history of rabies and how it affects humans and animals https://t.co/ZZwPRL5iWK. https://t.co/spfkLAwZEC
I want you all to read this case report. It has open access
Milwaukee Protocol, an attempt to treat Rabies AFTER the onset of symptoms, by inducing therapeutic coma. This case report is the first ever patient who was treated of Rabies
https://t.co/tWvjd5mmI9
Jun 8, 2021 · 5 likes · 1,041 followersView post →
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Dennis Askey
@DennisUAskey · X
What Happens When a Human Gets Rabies? https://t.co/37pQCH2Dql via @YouTube
Here is a link to a video that discusses the infection process of Rabies as well as its physical and psychological effects.
What Happens When a Human Gets Rabies?:
https://t.co/mzLQLM1Lq2 https://t.co/K4X0fVT3Ix
Gen X---- Like the porno director says-- "Fuck It"
@McLuvin29641516 · X
Working on my Google PhD thesis report on viruses transmitted thru the central nervous systems, passing blood brain barrier.
After laying dormant in muscles multiplying undetected by immune sys.
Injected closest to brain (arm) .
Sounds like corona virus
https://t.co/HAlxfyU5Kl https://t.co/eDdFpF2b3J
What Happens When a Human Gets Rabies? https://t.co/mx22yEFjNH #vtmnieuws #instafamous
Voor een kandidate Miss België gelden er blijkbaar geen regels. Dat ze zélf verantwoordelijk is voor de euthanasie van die kat dringt wss niet door in haar breintje. #domwicht
Everyone should read this including some of the crackpot animal welfare groups who don't realise the seriousness of rabies.
https://t.co/9wRrXUfcIW https://t.co/QTngeRUnnl
Watch this informative video on rabies, guys. https://t.co/QTngeRUnnl
Jul 3, 2019 · 1 like · 1 share · 1,253 followersView post →
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MVCAC
@MVCAC1 · X
RT @SMCMVCD: Human rabies infections are almost 100% fatal if not promptly treated. If you've been bitten or scratched by a wild or stray a…
Jun 6, 2019 · 2 shares · 1,231 followersView post →
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SaludHEALTHinfo
@SaludHEALTHinfo · X
RT @SMCMVCD: Human rabies infections are almost 100% fatal if not promptly treated. If you've been bitten or scratched by a wild or stray a…
Jun 6, 2019 · 2 shares · 8,793 followersView post →
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SMCMVCD
@SMCMVCD · X
Human rabies infections are almost 100% fatal if not promptly treated. If you've been bitten or scratched by a wild or stray animal, or if you've had any contact with a bat, talk to a healthcare provider right away. https://t.co/RzdspKmqbj
https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa050382 Jackson, A. C. (2013). Current and future approaches to the therapy of human rabies. Antiviral Research, 99(1), 61–67 ...
... . There has been at least 1 case where this helped a child survive. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa050382. Upvote 1. Downvote Reply reply. Share ...
Encephalitis caused by pathogens transmitted through organ ...
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa050382 (37.) Cramer CH II, Shieck V, Thomas SE, Kershaw DB, Magee JC, Lopez MJ. Immune response to rabies vaccination in ...
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa050382. PREP ID 2015 Dr YAMEEN ALMATAWAH. Question: 2. You receive a call at 2 AM about a patient who was admitted to the pediatric ...
doi:10.1056/NEJMoa050382. PMID 15958806 111. Wang Li-Fa & Christopher couwled, Bats and Viruses, A new Frontier of. Emerging Infectious Diseases ISBN: 978-1 ...
The bat was just a carrier.” Learn more about this fascinating story here: http://www.nejm. org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa050382 http://wny.cc/15IlXYt http://site.
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