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Should The Anti Rabies Injection Be Given For The Second Time For The Dog Scratch?

my daughter was bitten by our puppy last august and went through a series of anti rabies injection...she finished her last injection in sept 18...and now she got a dog scratched in her shoulder? do i need to bring her to the hospital for anti rabies again?
Mon, 21 Apr 2014
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Welcome to HCM,

Rabies is 100% fatal but it is 100% preventable with proper and adequate treatment as she was bit by a dog previously for which she was given full course of antirabies vaccine and now once again scratched by the dog, according to WHO classification it is classified as Re-Exposures.

The Re-Exposures prophylaxis includes two doses of antirabies vaccine on days 0 and 3. The vaccine should be taken to the shoulder by intramuscular route.Even it is a cat III bite it will not requires the antirabies serum.

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Should The Anti Rabies Injection Be Given For The Second Time For The Dog Scratch?

Hello, Welcome to HCM, Rabies is 100% fatal but it is 100% preventable with proper and adequate treatment as she was bit by a dog previously for which she was given full course of antirabies vaccine and now once again scratched by the dog, according to WHO classification it is classified as Re-Exposures. The Re-Exposures prophylaxis includes two doses of antirabies vaccine on days 0 and 3. The vaccine should be taken to the shoulder by intramuscular route.Even it is a cat III bite it will not requires the antirabies serum. Thank you.