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How Can A Dog Bite Be Treated?
i got bitten by a stray dog few days ago in my right arm. not a deep bite but a scratch and wound which happens to be near my nerves and it became swollen and there is a lump inside my skin now. I took rabies vaccine but i m not sure when was the last time i got a TT vaccine. what should i do?
Sat, 28 Apr 2018
Hello,
Take a booster dose of tetanus toxoid.
Based on the history, you seem to have developed an abscess at the site of a dog bite. You need to be examined by a doctor for the treatment of the abscess and to take a booster dose of injection tetanus toxoid.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Mohammed Taher Ali
Take a booster dose of tetanus toxoid.
Based on the history, you seem to have developed an abscess at the site of a dog bite. You need to be examined by a doctor for the treatment of the abscess and to take a booster dose of injection tetanus toxoid.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Mohammed Taher Ali
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Hello,
It is okay you can repeat the TT vaccine. Since you do not know, last taken, kindly take it, if it was not taken in 5 years, you will get immunized.
If you have taken the vaccine, then it will get metabolized in the body, and your body will kill those germs, and nothing will happen to you at all. So, kindly go for it.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Archana
It is okay you can repeat the TT vaccine. Since you do not know, last taken, kindly take it, if it was not taken in 5 years, you will get immunized.
If you have taken the vaccine, then it will get metabolized in the body, and your body will kill those germs, and nothing will happen to you at all. So, kindly go for it.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Archana
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