Why can somebody with rabies not recover ?

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If somebody has rabies it almost always means inevitably death because the person won’t be able to drink water anymore(i guess the “not able to drink water in not the only reason but one of the main reasons)
Why is it not possible to put somebody in a coma and feed him trough tubes until he recovers ?

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It causes your brain cells to overstimulate to the point that they stop functioning. It basically shorts out your brain.

Hydrophobia and increased aggression are just mechanisms to help it spread.

IIRC there is only one confirmed case of anyone surviving, and she suffered permanent brain damage and spent some time in a medically induced coma.

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