Rabies has two forms known as?

• A. Furious and Paralytic
• B. Acute and Chronic
• C. Mild and Severe
• D. Subclinical and Overt

Answer: (A)

Rabies presents clinically in two main forms. The first is furious (encephalitic) rabies, where animals or people become suddenly hyperactive, agitated, and irritable, often with fear of water (hydrophobia) and sensitivity to light or sound. The second is paralytic (dumb) rabies, which progresses with weakness and paralysis that starts at the bite site and moves cephalad, leading to stupor and coma.

These two forms describe the primary ways the disease shows itself once the virus affects the nervous system. The other pairings (like acute vs chronic, mild vs severe, or subclinical and overt) don’t reflect the standard clinical distinction used to categorize rabies presentations, so they’re not used to describe its course.