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Hi, I’m an 18 year old male and I’m really anxious about rabies. About 9 months ago or so I had a bat jump scare me on my front porch when I was coming home from track practice. I specifically remember that I don’t think I was bit or scratched or anything but it surprised me and I read that sometimes you can’t feel getting bit/scratched, but I was worried about possibly getting rabies for a few weeks after. I kinda stopped thinking about it as time went on but this past week after 9 months I’ve been getting pretty bad headaches in the back of my head/neck area and feel a little out of it from time to time. I read that rabies can sometimes take up to a year to start showing symptoms which has me really worried. The headaches aren’t constant and are mostly at night, but I was also just sick with the flu or some type of cold a week prior and it may also just be because of that. I have really bad anxiety when it comes to my physical wellbeing and I don’t want to die because of something as stupid as this. I just wanted to ask Reddit if there’s a chance that what I’m experiencing is the rabies symptoms beginning and if this could be my last post. Thanks. Ps. I don’t usually get any kind of headaches which is why I’m so worried about them just randomly starting now, and I would say they are mildly painful and dull feeling. I don’t have any other rabies symptoms tho, at least to my knowledge.

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Feb 12, 2026 at 1:50 AM UTC
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