Puppy Pregnancy Syndrome

From another source:

> Effective control and treatment of rabies in India is hindered by a form of mass hysteria known as puppy pregnancy syndrome (PPS). Dog bite victims with PPS, male as well as female, become convinced that puppies are growing inside them, and often seek help from faith healers rather than medical services. An estimated 20,000 people die every year from rabies in India, more than a third of the global total.

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies#India

A comment explaining why rabies is scary: https://old.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/81rr6f/he_fed_the_cute...