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Is A Pink Mark Due To Dog Scratch A Cause For Concern?
hello doc.. i am dddd...22 years old.. i have just been scratched by a dog taday...the part being scratched was a little bit pinkish, but it never showed any blood... a minute after the scratch, the pinkish line slowly disappearing.. but now it still have blurd pinkish lines....my concern doc. is that can rabies be transmitted if your being scratched by a dog?
Wed, 22 Jul 2015
Hello
I have seen so many cases of dog bites and even rabies patient and studies very well on this subject . Mere scratching by a dog DON'T CAUSE RABIES , so didn't worry at all.
The rabies virus actually remain on the canine teeth of dog , while you were scratched , so there is no chance of getting rabies virus by you.
No need of any consultation.
For redness apply some antiseptic solution .
Good luck.
I have seen so many cases of dog bites and even rabies patient and studies very well on this subject . Mere scratching by a dog DON'T CAUSE RABIES , so didn't worry at all.
The rabies virus actually remain on the canine teeth of dog , while you were scratched , so there is no chance of getting rabies virus by you.
No need of any consultation.
For redness apply some antiseptic solution .
Good luck.
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