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What Causes Fever After Taking Anti Rabies Vaccination?

Hi, my father was bit by 2 street dogs on last tuesday & we took him to hospital within 2hrs after bite..& done the vaccination. Now is suffering from fever, Pain & bite areas got swollen..& tomorrow we are going to hospital for the next vaccination.So why is this fever?
Fri, 12 Dec 2014
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Hello
As you mentioned that your father was bitten by street dogs , you took vaccination for rabies and also hope for tetanus.
Now your father is having fever with swelling on the bitten place.
Swelling , pain , fever all are suggestive of inflammation at the site of bite .
When such case visit actually wound remains open and sometimes anti rabies vaccine (human rabies immune globulin , administer 20 IU/kg body weight full dose in and around the wound(s).
So you are also taking regular anti rabies vaccine , that's a good thing.
Now consult your treating physician and get antibiotics , anti inflammatory drugs with serratiopeptidase .
Fever is due to inflammation and infection .
Hope this will be useful for your father .
Good luck.
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What Causes Fever After Taking Anti Rabies Vaccination?

Hello As you mentioned that your father was bitten by street dogs , you took vaccination for rabies and also hope for tetanus. Now your father is having fever with swelling on the bitten place. Swelling , pain , fever all are suggestive of inflammation at the site of bite . When such case visit actually wound remains open and sometimes anti rabies vaccine (human rabies immune globulin , administer 20 IU/kg body weight full dose in and around the wound(s). So you are also taking regular anti rabies vaccine , that s a good thing. Now consult your treating physician and get antibiotics , anti inflammatory drugs with serratiopeptidase . Fever is due to inflammation and infection . Hope this will be useful for your father . Good luck.