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Suggest Treatment For Possible Rabies Infection Through Dog Bite

Im very worried because my dog died 3 days ago the dog showed symptoms of rabies before he died he attacks my other dog and his throat is paralyzed lose of appetite until he died , and i remeber almost 2 months ago he bit my cousins foot , it was a lil wound but it bled, last friday the after the dog died my cousin received vaccine, including RIG, today is the day 3 or the second dose, he is in the process of completing the series, my question is... is he now protected? even though its almost 2 months ago when my dog bit him, my cousin is healthy right now, but im still worried.
Tue, 13 Jan 2015
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Dear I can understand your concern .
I would like to inform you that the incubation period that is interval between exposure and the onset of clinical disease for rabies is usually 20 to 90 days.
This disease is almost uniformly fatal but is almost always preventable with appropriate post exposure therapy by vaccine and RIG during early incubation period .
As you have mentioned dear about 2 months has passed we can't say for sure how effective this therapy will be..but we have still a large hope as he has not developed any features suggestive of rabies this means he is in incubation period .
So continue with full vaccination and RIG schedule .
Hope for the best dear.
Hope this will help you . If you have any other concerns please feel free to message me . Thanks for contacting HCM .
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Suggest Treatment For Possible Rabies Infection Through Dog Bite

Dear I can understand your concern . I would like to inform you that the incubation period that is interval between exposure and the onset of clinical disease for rabies is usually 20 to 90 days. This disease is almost uniformly fatal but is almost always preventable with appropriate post exposure therapy by vaccine and RIG during early incubation period . As you have mentioned dear about 2 months has passed we can t say for sure how effective this therapy will be..but we have still a large hope as he has not developed any features suggestive of rabies this means he is in incubation period . So continue with full vaccination and RIG schedule . Hope for the best dear. Hope this will help you . If you have any other concerns please feel free to message me . Thanks for contacting HCM .