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Dog bite case
My husband 30year old healthy person had a minor scratch from a stray dog today morning the scratch is just a mere line no bleeding he has taken first dose of anti rabies vaccine within 12 hour which is prescribed by physician. but the problem is that though the scrath is very mere line so he forgot to clean the wound place with soap at that moment my question is that is it still dangerous for him? is it affect his health also please reply i am very much tensed about this incident
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Dr. Animesh Gupta
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17 yrs exp
Patna
No problem at all. Clean it now. And take vaccines as prescribed
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Dr. Sairaj Subhash Sutar
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6 yrs exp
Thane
Unless it's deep wound there are very rare chances of spread of infection. He can clean it now also.
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When in doubt, complete the vaccination course.
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