Amarabi aziwa nangokuthi yi-hydrophobia noma isifo sezinja ezihlanyayo. I-Hydrophobia ibizwa ngokusebenza kwabantu ngemuva kokutheleleka. Izinja ezigulayo aziwesabi amanzi noma ukukhanya. Isifo sezinja esisangene silungele izinja. Ukubonakaliswa kwemitholampilo kwamakati nezinja kuwumona, injabulo, ukuhlanya, ukuconsa kanye nokulahlekelwa ukwazi, okulandelwa ukukhubazeka ngokomzimba nokufa, ngokuvamile okuhambisana ne-encephalitis engavamile.

Amarabi emakati nasezinjeniingahlukaniswa cishe ibe yi-prodromal period, isikhathi senjabulo kanye nesikhathi sokukhubazeka, kanti isikhathi sokufukamela isikhathi esiningi siyizinsuku ezingama-20-60.

Amarabi emakati ngokuvamile anobudlova kakhulu. Ngokuvamile, abanikazi bezilwane bangakwazi ukuhlukanisa kalula. Ikati licasha ebumnyameni. Uma abantu bedlula, ivele igijime iyonwaya futhi ilume abantu, ikakhulukazi ithanda ukuhlasela amakhanda nobuso babantu. Lokhu kufana namakati amaningi nabantu abadlalayo, kodwa empeleni, kunomehluko omkhulu. Uma udlala nabantu, ukuzingela akukhiqizi izinzipho namazinyo, kanti amarabi ahlasela kanzima. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ikati lizobonisa abafundi abahlukene, ukuvuza, ukuthuthumela kwemisipha, ukugoba emuva nokukhuluma okunamandla. Ekugcineni, wangena esigabeni sokukhubazeka, ukukhubazeka kwezitho nezicubu zekhanda, ukuhogela kwezwi, ekugcineni waquleka nokufa.

Izinja zivame ukungenwa amarabi. Isikhathi se-prodromal yizinsuku ezingu-1-2. Izinja zicindezelekile futhi zibuthuntu. Bacasha ebumnyameni. Abafundi babo banwetshiwe futhi baminyene. Zizwela kakhulu kumsindo kanye nemisebenzi ezungezile. Bathanda ukudla imizimba yangaphandle, amatshe, izinkuni namapulasitiki. Zonke izinhlobo zezitshalo zizoluma, zikhulise amathe futhi ziconse. Bese ufaka isikhathi sokuhlanya, esiqala ukwandisa ulaka, ukukhubazeka komphimbo, nokuhlasela noma yiziphi izilwane ezihambayo. Esigabeni sokugcina, kunzima ukuvala umlomo ngenxa yokukhubazeka, ulimi luyalenga, izitho zangemuva azikwazi ukuhamba nokushwibeka, kancane kancane zikhubazekile, futhi ekugcineni zafa.

Igciwane lamarabi kulula ukulithelela cishe zonke izilwane ezinegazi elifudumele, phakathi kwazo izinja namakati angenwa kalula yigciwane lamarabi, futhi ngokuvamile ahlala eduze kwethu, ngakho kufanele zigonywe ngesikhathi nangempumelelo. Emuva kuvidiyo edlule, ingabe inja inamarabi ngempela?

Igciwane lamarabi litholakala ikakhulukazi ebuchosheni, ku-cerebellum kanye nomgogodla wezilwane ezigulayo. Kukhona nenani elikhulu lamagciwane ezindlala zamathe namathe, futhi akhishwa ngamathe. Kungakho inengi lingenwa yizifo ngokuluma isikhumba, abanye abantu batheleleka ngokudla inyama yezilwane ezigulayo kumbe ukudlana phakathi kwezifuyo. Kuye kwabikwa ukuthi abantu, izinja, izinkomo nezinye izilwane zisakazeka nge-placenta kanye ne-aerosol ekuhlolweni (okuzoqinisekiswa ngokwengeziwe).