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How To Treat Dog Bite?
hello,
my son was bitten by our dog on his right ear 9 days ago. it was a single abrasion. i rushed him to the hospital on the day that he was bitten. he received 2 anti-rabies shots already. The dog is still active and can't be seen any signs that it has rabies. my question is, my son was scheduled last saturday for the 3rd shot but i was not able to bring him back to the doctor. is it still ok if he will receive the shot several days after the scheduled date ? thank you.
my son was bitten by our dog on his right ear 9 days ago. it was a single abrasion. i rushed him to the hospital on the day that he was bitten. he received 2 anti-rabies shots already. The dog is still active and can't be seen any signs that it has rabies. my question is, my son was scheduled last saturday for the 3rd shot but i was not able to bring him back to the doctor. is it still ok if he will receive the shot several days after the scheduled date ? thank you.
Thu, 12 Mar 2015
Hello, Welcome to HCM.
I understand your concern.
Yes, you should take him to the doctor to get the remaining shot of vaccine as early as you can, but do finish the full schedule of anti rabies vaccine even if the dog is not showing any sign of rabies.
Although chance of contracting rabies is less if the dog is not showing the signs, but many a time there is non-apparent infection in dogs & they can be harboring the virus and as you might be already knowing, rabies is almost always fatal. So take no chance.
Hope this will be helpful.
Take care.
I understand your concern.
Yes, you should take him to the doctor to get the remaining shot of vaccine as early as you can, but do finish the full schedule of anti rabies vaccine even if the dog is not showing any sign of rabies.
Although chance of contracting rabies is less if the dog is not showing the signs, but many a time there is non-apparent infection in dogs & they can be harboring the virus and as you might be already knowing, rabies is almost always fatal. So take no chance.
Hope this will be helpful.
Take care.
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