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How do people get hydrophobia?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Hydrophobia is "the fear of water" and there are any number of psychological causes.

Hydrophobia is also a name for RABIES, a serious, often fatal viral disease that affects dogs and other mammals including bats and humans. The cause of death is usually encephalitis (swelling of the brain) but an initial symptom is swelling of the tongue, which can block the airway in the throat (hence, fear of drinking water).

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