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About Rabies vaccination
I got vaccinated 17 days after an dog bite...no wound was created...Like a tiny scratch..I get vaccine after 17 days and im not having any symptoms...Is it too late to get vaccine..
Will i develop rabies?
I got previously vaccinated a year ago
But now i started new course...Will the virus enter peripheral nerves..
Please tell me dear sir/Mam
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Dr. Pankaj Malakar
General Physician
4 yrs exp
Guwahati
If you have got complete vaccination previously then you need to get two doses of rabies vaccine on days 0 and 3 (if previous vaccination is more than 3 months ago)for category 2&3 bites where your skin have been breached.Else just wound treatment is sufficient.Yes 17days is late.
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However if the dog has shown no signs of rabies you are safe.
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Dr. Sneha Roy Choudhury
General Physician
3 yrs exp
Kolkata
Hi.. May I know the location of the scratch as the distance between the scratch and head needs evaluation. Was the dog vaccinated..??
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Please complete the course.
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