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Worrying about delayed vaccine
I got bitten by a dog one month back. .so i was taking treatment. so the doctor had given me diff. dates of vaccine. .i took all of them except the last injection which had a date 10 days back. now i am worried. so is it ok or i might get infected. my body had shown nothing serious about it. .i am perfectly fine. .in future might i get infected or not. .should i go to the hospital or it is normal. i don't have to take that last one..
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Dr. Venkat Raghav
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7 yrs exp
Bangalore
Hello...... See all scheduled vaccines should be taken, even a single missed vaccine don't provide immunity against rabies.. You left with one option.. Watch dog for 10 days.. If it's fine don't worry about rabies.. Rabies has varied incubation period.. Can take years to show symptoms.
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