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Suggest Treatment For Bleeding Lips After Receiving Scratch From Puppy
Question: Our 15 week old puppy scratched my lip and it is bleeding, although not terribly. He is up-to-date on his shots and I washed my lip with hydrogen peroxide; do I need a tetanus shot also?
Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your query at HCM.
I understand your concern and situation.
You have got a dog bite even though the dog is a pup. The international guidelines suggest that patients need to take tetanus shot along with complete rabipur vaccination at 0, 3, 7, 14, 30, 90.
Kindly visit a nearby health care center.
Take care.
You can take a follow-up query.
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Dr. Sheetal Verma.
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Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your query at HCM.
I understand your concern and situation.
You have got a dog bite even though the dog is a pup. The international guidelines suggest that patients need to take tetanus shot along with complete rabipur vaccination at 0, 3, 7, 14, 30, 90.
Kindly visit a nearby health care center.
Take care.
You can take a follow-up query.
If no clarifications then you can close the discussion and rate the answer.
Dr. Sheetal Verma.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Neel Kudchadkar
I should have clarified....he did not bite me; he scratched my lip with his paw/nail. Does the above still apply? Thank you.
Brief Answer:
Yes you have to take the vaccination.
Detailed Answer:
Well come back with your query.
I understood that the dog only scratched wirh paws and did not bite. But as your wound was bleeding so there is no doubt in the course of treatment but to complete the vaccination i.e. rabipur and tetanus. The rabies is one of the diseases with 100% mortality. So cannot take any chance. Start your vaccination and observe the dog for 10 days.
Take care.
Best of health.
Yes you have to take the vaccination.
Detailed Answer:
Well come back with your query.
I understood that the dog only scratched wirh paws and did not bite. But as your wound was bleeding so there is no doubt in the course of treatment but to complete the vaccination i.e. rabipur and tetanus. The rabies is one of the diseases with 100% mortality. So cannot take any chance. Start your vaccination and observe the dog for 10 days.
Take care.
Best of health.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
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