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Suggest Treatment For Dog Bite

Hi I was almost bitten by a dog 24hrs ago It was a stray dog in office campus and it caught my leg. I dont have any skin break out or bleeding. It was just swollen for sometime and then a dot blood clot that I can see I have taken tetanus after 14hrs of bite Do I need to be vaccinated ?
Wed, 12 Aug 2015
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Hi & Welcome to HCM.

You need to take anti rabies vaccination.

The fact that rabies is a fatal disease and the virus responsible for this disease is transmitted in the saliva of the rabid animal like dog.
Since you had a dog bite without a penetrative wound but noticed swelling and a blood clot that could have resulted from scratches or abrasions which resulting in swelling or clot formation due to actual bite with saliva. So, you need to take at least 4 intrarmuscular injections on days 0, 3, 7, & 14 into the deltoid muscle.

Along with inj tetanus toxoid (which you have already taken) a thorough washing of the wound with soap/detergent and water, followed by the application of ethanol or an aqueous solution of iodine or povidone should also be done.

Hope to have answered your query.

Best wishes.


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Suggest Treatment For Dog Bite

Hi & Welcome to HCM. You need to take anti rabies vaccination. The fact that rabies is a fatal disease and the virus responsible for this disease is transmitted in the saliva of the rabid animal like dog. Since you had a dog bite without a penetrative wound but noticed swelling and a blood clot that could have resulted from scratches or abrasions which resulting in swelling or clot formation due to actual bite with saliva. So, you need to take at least 4 intrarmuscular injections on days 0, 3, 7, & 14 into the deltoid muscle. Along with inj tetanus toxoid (which you have already taken) a thorough washing of the wound with soap/detergent and water, followed by the application of ethanol or an aqueous solution of iodine or povidone should also be done. Hope to have answered your query. Best wishes.