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Is It Necessary To Get Vaccination After Being Scratched By A Dog?
Hi,yestarday night at 10pm a dog starts run behind me ,as i saw i also start running so it seems like to be one scratch by that street dog .i m not sure that scratch was for that dog.So should i take antibiotic injection for the same.and if yes then how many injection i need to take? Please suggest me. Thanks, Vikash
Mon, 14 Oct 2019
Hello,
It is always better to take at least 4 doses of rabies vaxine as a part of postexposure prophylaxis to prevent human rabies as you don't know in the case of a street dog whether it has been vaccinated or not. You are advised to take shots on 0,3,7 and 14 day.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Prabhash Verma, General & Family Physician
It is always better to take at least 4 doses of rabies vaxine as a part of postexposure prophylaxis to prevent human rabies as you don't know in the case of a street dog whether it has been vaccinated or not. You are advised to take shots on 0,3,7 and 14 day.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Prabhash Verma, General & Family Physician
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