Her post-mortem report confirmed she had died of rabies encephalitis

A 13-year-old woman within the Philippines died of rabies after she was bitten by a stray canine and stored it secret from her mother and father. In accordance with Metro, Jamaica Star Seraspe had been strolling dwelling from faculty in Tondo District, Manila, within the Philippines when a stray canine bit her on February 9. 

As an alternative of telling her mother and father the reality, Jamaica informed them that she had scratched herself on steel wire, which led them to not search medical consideration. Nonetheless, two months later, she developed severe signs, together with fever, again ache, fatigue and problem ingesting water. She then lastly informed her mom Roselyn Saraspe what had occurred and was rushed to San Lazaro Hospital on April 5.

Her mom mentioned she “felt her coronary heart being crushed” when she noticed her daughter’s situation quickly deteriorate throughout her keep on the hospital. Nurses needed to restrain her as a result of she stored thrashing in her mattress from ache, earlier than she succumbed to the viral illness on  April 6. 

Her mom mentioned: “I am unable to settle for Jamaica’s loss of life. It is tough as a result of she was taken from us so immediately. She informed me she could not drink water. She mentioned she believed she may need rabies as a result of she was bitten by a canine in February. I requested her why she did not inform me instantly. She stored apologising. I informed her I wasn’t mad at her, however we may have had her checked sooner. When she requested me if she was going to die, I felt scared. I wished to enter hysterics.”