An Erotic Horror Idea: Randy and Rabid

[Shendude]

So I recently learned (via a book), that in addition to violent convulsions, mania, and of course hydrophobia, late-stage male rabies victims also experience enhanced libido, suffering priapism and involuntary ejaculation. Apparently, there is at least one case of a rabies victim ejaculating thirty times on his last day.

Now I have no concrete ideas, but there has GOT to be an erotic horror story in there somewhere.

 

[Bramblethorn]

So I recently learned (via a book), that in addition to violent convulsions, mania, and of course hydrophobia, late-stage male rabies victims also experience enhanced libido, suffering priapism and involuntary ejaculation. Apparently, there is at least one case of a rabies victim ejaculating thirty times on his last day.

Now I have no concrete ideas, but there has GOT to be an erotic horror story in there somewhere.

Years ago I saw a horror movie ("I Drink Your Blood") where a vengeful kid infects a bunch of Satanists with rabies; one of the female Satanists has similar symptoms and goes off to shag a bunch of construction workers, who then turn into a frothing rabid mob. (Yes, rabies can be transmitted sexually.)

It was... really quite bad. I'd be interested to see a better take on it.

 

[Texguy84]

Sounds like a nice take on a good ol' werewolf story to me.

 

[Shendude]

Sounds like a nice take on a good ol' werewolf story to me.

Humans can't transmit rabies (thank God). We don't have make enough saliva or bite hard enough; well, okay it has apprently been transmitted via transplants but that's incredibly rare (again, thank God). Also, unlike lycanthropy, rabies is 100% fatal once you start showing symptoms. Of course, this is fiction, so I suppose one can play around with the rules, but why?

The juxtaposition of horrific death and sexual potency seems to have tons of potential to me, without having to make stuff up. Then again, I'm not really a writer.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Humans can't transmit rabies (thank God).

Might be safer to say "have not been observed to" or "are unlikely to". Rabies virus has been detected in saliva, semen, and vaginal secretions, and AFAIK the possibility hasn't been ruled out. I've seen at least one medical organisation recommending vaccination for people exposed to those fluids.

(I had thought there were confirmed cases of sexual transmission, but now I check, that doesn't appear to be correct, so my previous statement on that may be inaccurate.)

Also, unlike lycanthropy, rabies is 100% fatal once you start showing symptoms.

Almost but not quite 100%. Several people who received post-exposure vaccination but went on to develop symptoms have survived (presumably the vaccination gave them partial protection) and six patients have survived symptomatic rabies without vaccination, thanks to some fairly heroic medical treatment. Jeanna Giese was the first, in 2004: http://site.jeannagiese.com/

 

[Shendude]

Might be safer to say "have not been observed to" or "are unlikely to". Rabies virus has been detected in saliva, semen, and vaginal secretions, and AFAIK the possibility hasn't been ruled out. I've seen at least one medical organisation recommending vaccination for people exposed to those fluids.

(I had thought there were confirmed cases of sexual transmission, but now I check, that doesn't appear to be correct, so my previous statement on that may be inaccurate.)

I didn't know that. That's...terrifying.

Almost but not quite 100%. Several people who received post-exposure vaccination but went on to develop symptoms have survived (presumably the vaccination gave them partial protection) and six patients have survived symptomatic rabies without vaccination, thanks to some fairly heroic medical treatment. Jeanna Giese was the first, in 2004: http://site.jeannagiese.com/

I did know about that, but my understanding was that these occurrences are rare enough to not be worth mentioning.

 

[Bramblethorn]

I did know about that, but my understanding was that these occurrences are rare enough to not be worth mentioning.

AFAICT, the Milwaukee protocol (the treatment used on Giese) gives about a 10% survival rate... definitely worth a shot if you're unlucky enough to get to that stage, but I wouldn't want to make it my Plan A.

I'd guess there isn't a lot of opportunity to fine-tune the protocol. Most first-world countries have either eradicated/avoided rabies altogether or have a health system able to provide prophylactic vaccination to people who get exposed, and that's a much cheaper and more effective line of defense. The USA only gets about one case of symptomatic human rabies a year, usually in situations where somebody didn't realise they'd been infected.

Elsewhere, rabies kills about 50,000 people a year, but those people aren't going to have access to an ICU that can keep them in an induced coma for several days.

 

[lovecraft68]

Humans can't transmit rabies (thank God). We don't have make enough saliva or bite hard enough; well, okay it has apprently been transmitted via transplants but that's incredibly rare (again, thank God). Also, unlike lycanthropy, rabies is 100% fatal once you start showing symptoms. Of course, this is fiction, so I suppose one can play around with the rules, but why?

The juxtaposition of horrific death and sexual potency seems to have tons of potential to me, without having to make stuff up. Then again, I'm not really a writer.

I don't know who's been biting you, but damn straight a person can bite hard enough. I have scars on my inner thigh from over 20 years ago.

Try explaining that to every new lover you have.

 

[MatthewVett]

It seems like a better idea might be to make up a new disease that's not fatal, but has the same symptoms of priapism and uncontrollable orgasm. Or perhaps it can be a parasite: a lot of parasites can change the behavior of their host. Perhaps a girl picks up a parasite that gives her intense, uncontrollable cravings for fucking because the parasite can only reproduce inside of a man's body, but needs to spend part of its life cycle inside a woman.

 

[jeninflorida]

Humans can't transmit rabies (thank God). We don't have make enough saliva or bite hard enough; well, okay it has apprently been transmitted via transplants but that's incredibly rare (again, thank God). Also, unlike lycanthropy, rabies is 100% fatal once you start showing symptoms. Of course, this is fiction, so I suppose one can play around with the rules, but why?

The juxtaposition of horrific death and sexual potency seems to have tons of potential to me, without having to make stuff up. Then again, I'm not really a writer.

hum, wasn't passing rabies from person to person part of Quarantine?

 

[Bramblethorn]

It seems like a better idea might be to make up a new disease that's not fatal, but has the same symptoms of priapism and uncontrollable orgasm. Or perhaps it can be a parasite: a lot of parasites can change the behavior of their host. Perhaps a girl picks up a parasite that gives her intense, uncontrollable cravings for fucking because the parasite can only reproduce inside of a man's body, but needs to spend part of its life cycle inside a woman.

Yeah, something like toxoplasmosis could be adapted for story purposes. Otherwise, you could handwave it as a strain of rabies that's mutated to become less lethal but more easily transmissible.

 

[Shendude]

It seems like a better idea might be to make up a new disease that's not fatal, but has the same symptoms of priapism and uncontrollable orgasm. Or perhaps it can be a parasite: a lot of parasites can change the behavior of their host. Perhaps a girl picks up a parasite that gives her intense, uncontrollable cravings for fucking because the parasite can only reproduce inside of a man's body, but needs to spend part of its life cycle inside a woman.

I don't know.

What makes the idea, IMO, isn't the priapism and involuntary ejaculation, but the juxtaposition of these symptoms with horrific death.

 

[Carnevil9]

Uncontrolled sexuality and priapism followed by certain death.

In other words, from stiffie to stiff.

 

[Texguy84]

To quote Basic Instinct:

"He got off before he got offed!"

 

[shewantsmore]

i never knew that,rabies can be passed on by humans,learn something everyday,does sound like a good horror movie or a horror book,i would read it