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While buying Momos from a roadside vendor I have seen that he is making fire from woods on roadside and giving momos after touching roadside woods and aper for burning. Does this incident is a risk for Rabies infection or just my OCD?
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Hi.. rabies doesn't transmit that way. Consult online for treatment for your health anxiety
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No at all it's not a route for rabies infection
It's a part of anxiety as your OC symptoms
Must follow up visits with doctor and try to maintain a fixed routine for medication
Whenever such thoughts of rabies infection arise, rationalise it, Can do relaxation exercises and try to convince yourself by scientific knowledge that you have discussed through doctor
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Please take one time counselling
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This incident does not put you at risk for rabies. Rabies spreads through the bite or saliva of an infected animal entering broken skin or mucosa, not through touching roadside wood, paper, fire, or food handling like this. What you’re experiencing fits more with OCD-related health anxiety, where the mind links everyday situations to serious diseases despite no real transmission route. The fear feels real, but the risk is not. Working on reassurance-seeking and anxiety control through therapy will help reduce these repeated doubts.
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Dr. Indraja Sharma
Psychiatrist
7 yrs exp
Kota
This situation does not carry any risk of rabies. Rabies is transmitted only through the bite/scratch of an infected animal or saliva entering broken skin or mucosa, not through food handling, roadside wood, paper, fire, or cooked food.
Your concern fits more with health anxiety/OCD-related intrusive thoughts, where harmless situations are perceived as dangerous. The fear feels real, but medically there is no exposure here. If such doubts are recurrent and distressing, treatment for OCD/anxiety can help significantly.
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