Umgada ukwabizwa ngokuba yi-hydrophobia okanye isifo sezinja eziphambeneyo. I-Hydrophobia ithiywa ngokwentsebenzo yabantu emva kosulelo. Izinja ezigulayo aziwoyiki amanzi okanye ukukhanya. Isifo sezinja esiphambeneyo sifanelekile kwizinja. Iimpawu zeklinikhi zeekati kunye nezinja ngumona, imincili, i-mania, i-drooling kunye nokulahlekelwa zingqondo, kulandelwa kukukhubazeka komzimba kunye nokufa, okuqhelekileyo kukhatshwa yi-encephalitis engapheliyo.

Umgada kwiikati nezinjainokwahlulwa ngokurhabaxa ibe lixesha leprodromal, ixesha lokuvuya kunye nexesha lokukhubazeka, kwaye ixesha lokufukamela lininzi iintsuku ezingama-20-60.

Umgada kwiikati udla ngokuba nobundlobongela kakhulu. Ngokuqhelekileyo, abanini bezilwanyana zasekhaya banokuyahlula ngokulula. Ikati izimela ebumnyameni. Xa abantu bedlula ngendlela, ikhawuleza iphume iye kukrwempa kwaye ilume abantu, ngakumbi ithanda ukuhlasela abantu entloko nasebusweni. Oku kufana neekati ezininzi kunye nabantu abadlalayo, kodwa eneneni, kukho umahluko omkhulu. Xa udlala nabantu, ukuzingela akuvelisi iinzipho namazinyo, kwaye umgada uhlasela kakhulu. Kwangaxeshanye, ikati iya kubonisa abafundi abahlukeneyo, ukuvuza, ukungcangcazela kwemisipha, ukugoba ngasemva kunye nokubonakaliswa okukrakra. Ekugqibeleni, wangena kwinqanaba lokukhubazeka, ukukhubazeka kwamalungu kunye nezihlunu zentloko, ukukhwaza kwelizwi, kwaye ekugqibeleni wafa isiqaqa nokufa.

Izinja zihlala zingeniswa kumgada. Ixesha leprodromal li-1-2 iintsuku. Izinja zidakumbile kwaye zibuthuntu. Bazimela ebumnyameni. Abafundi babo bagcwele kwaye baxinene. Banovakalelo kakhulu kwimisebenzi yesandi kunye neyingqongileyo. Bathanda ukutya imizimba yasemzini, amatye, iinkuni kunye neeplastiki. Zonke iintlobo zezityalo ziyakuluma, zonyuse amathe kunye namathontsi. Emva koko faka ixesha le-frenzy, eliqala ukwandisa ubundlongondlongo, ukukhubazeka komqala, kunye nokuhlasela naziphi na izilwanyana ezihambayo. Kwinqanaba lokugqibela, kunzima ukuvala umlomo ngenxa yokukhubazeka, ulwimi luxhonywe ngaphandle, amalungu angasemva akakwazi ukuhamba kunye nokujikeleza, ngokuthe ngcembe akhubazekile, kwaye ekugqibeleni wafa.

Intsholongwane yomgada kulula ukosulela phantse zonke izilwanyana ezinegazi elifudumeleyo, phakathi kwazo izinja kunye neekati zichaphazeleka kakhulu kwintsholongwane yomgada, kwaye zihlala zihlala kufutshane nathi, ngoko ke kufuneka zigonywe kwangethuba nangempumelelo. Buyela kwividiyo yangaphambili, ngaba ngokwenene inja ingumgada?

Intsholongwane yomgada ifumaneka ikakhulu ebuchotsheni, kwi-cerebellum kunye nomnqonqo wezilwanyana ezigulayo. Kukho nenani elikhulu leentsholongwane kumadlala amathe kunye namathe, kwaye zikhutshwa ngamathe. Yiyo loo nto uninzi lwabo lusulelwa kukuluma ulusu, kwaye abanye abantu bosulelwa kukutya inyama yezilwanyana ezinesifo okanye ukutyana phakathi kwezilwanyana. Kuye kwaxelwa ukuba abantu, izinja, iinkomo kunye nezinye izilwanyana zisasazeka nge-placenta kunye ne-aerosol kwiimvavanyo (ukuba ziqinisekiswe ngakumbi).