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Is Anti Rabies Vaccine Effective When Administered Within 24 Hours?

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My 8 months old baby got a scratch from a street dog.I feed that dog regularly.I had come from somewhere and on seeing me the dog jumped at me to show affection and accidently my baby who was in my lap got scratched.There was negligible blood at the scratch.Within 24 hrs she got her first shot of anti rabies vaccine and rest 3 shots would be administered in due course of time and on the 3rd day of the scratch got her anti rabies serum.The ARS vaccine happened on 3rd day because I went to another doctor for 2nd opinion then the doc suggested ARS.I just needed to know have I taken all the necessary steps for my baby's safety.
Tue, 2 May 2017
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Hello,

first of all this incident does not sound at all suspicious. You know the dog and the dog showed affection. Rabid dogs are supposed to attack the victim. Since the dog lives nearby and seems to be healthy, watching the dog for 10 days was the right way to go. If the dog developed symptoms then immediate treatment with both immunoglobulin and vaccination should have been initiated.

Since you've done both the immunoglobulin (anti rabies serum) and the vaccines, you've done what you could. You can't do anything more than that.

I hope you find my comments helpful!
Kind regards!
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Is Anti Rabies Vaccine Effective When Administered Within 24 Hours?

Hello, first of all this incident does not sound at all suspicious. You know the dog and the dog showed affection. Rabid dogs are supposed to attack the victim. Since the dog lives nearby and seems to be healthy, watching the dog for 10 days was the right way to go. If the dog developed symptoms then immediate treatment with both immunoglobulin and vaccination should have been initiated. Since you ve done both the immunoglobulin (anti rabies serum) and the vaccines, you ve done what you could. You can t do anything more than that. I hope you find my comments helpful! Kind regards!