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How Many Doses Of Rabies Vaccination Should Be Taken For A Dog Bite?
hey i got bitten by a dog 2 days back and I immediately took the rabbies vaccine actualy the bite wasn t bloodwound i just had a stracth on my skin ... i wil take three doses of rabies vacine .. 0,7,21 .. so i need to aski that should i take 3 or 5 doses of vaccine???
Hello dear I understand your concern In general if dog is healthy after 10th day of bite/ scratched and you may discontinued your vaccine. But it is difficult to trace the dog so You require 5 does of the rabies vaccine for post exposure prophylaxis. Dose schedule will be 0,3,7,14, 28 days. 0 is first dose and counted as 0 day Last two dose act as booster dose that increase the effectiveness. Hope this may help you
Contact HCM for further health query Best regards Dr. Sagar
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How Many Doses Of Rabies Vaccination Should Be Taken For A Dog Bite?
Hello dear I understand your concern In general if dog is healthy after 10th day of bite/ scratched and you may discontinued your vaccine. But it is difficult to trace the dog so You require 5 does of the rabies vaccine for post exposure prophylaxis. Dose schedule will be 0,3,7,14, 28 days. 0 is first dose and counted as 0 day Last two dose act as booster dose that increase the effectiveness. Hope this may help you Contact HCM for further health query Best regards Dr. Sagar