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Should I Have More Antirabies Injection For A Dog Bite 22 Years Ago?

Sir, 22 years back a dog...caught my leg ...i get 3 dose of antirabies injection.. . What should I do.. If I start new vaccination what will b....I fear from dogs...to touch...sometimes worried about Rabbies.. Bcoz I read some where...a person died from rabbies,dog caught him, forty years back....
Sat, 15 Mar 2014
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Not required. Your fears are uncalled for. 3 doses then.taken are enough. As for d one who died many.years.later its becsuse he had.not taken . Anti radies vaccine at all.
The virus was dormant in.his.body and manifested after a long time leading to death eventually.
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Should I Have More Antirabies Injection For A Dog Bite 22 Years Ago?

Not required. Your fears are uncalled for. 3 doses then.taken are enough. As for d one who died many.years.later its becsuse he had.not taken . Anti radies vaccine at all. The virus was dormant in.his.body and manifested after a long time leading to death eventually.