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Is There Any Chance For Me To Have Rabies?

hello sir a dog had bitten me on my leg in the year 2001 i washed the wound with water and applied dettol on it but i had not any shot but in 2007 i had five shots of rabies i did not face any problem am i safe is there any chance of rabies please guide me
Tue, 1 Apr 2014
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hi, I can understand your pain but I want to tell you that you are quite out of danger, actually after a bite rabies most commonly manifest within 3 to 4 weeks very rarely after years. can you tell what happened to the dog who has bitten you because if it the biting animal does not shows the sign of rabies within 10 days of bite then you are free of all danger , even if you could not traced it then can you recall that if you developed any tingling sensation around your bitten wound .although there is least chance of acquiring it now but even then for the shake of your satisfaction you can go for rabies antigen detection, rabies antibody detection and eve rabies virus isolation test in a lab.
as you have taken rabies active immunisation now so your antigen detection test would be positive so that even should not make you to worry.
I think you are quite out of danger so leave up your tension.
I hope you don't need any more clarification.
thanks for consulting HCM
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Is There Any Chance For Me To Have Rabies?

hi, I can understand your pain but I want to tell you that you are quite out of danger, actually after a bite rabies most commonly manifest within 3 to 4 weeks very rarely after years. can you tell what happened to the dog who has bitten you because if it the biting animal does not shows the sign of rabies within 10 days of bite then you are free of all danger , even if you could not traced it then can you recall that if you developed any tingling sensation around your bitten wound .although there is least chance of acquiring it now but even then for the shake of your satisfaction you can go for rabies antigen detection, rabies antibody detection and eve rabies virus isolation test in a lab. as you have taken rabies active immunisation now so your antigen detection test would be positive so that even should not make you to worry. I think you are quite out of danger so leave up your tension. I hope you don t need any more clarification. thanks for consulting HCM