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A stray dog scratches with teeth
A stray dog was playing with me and his teeth scratched my arm a little but there was no blood. Do i need to get rabbies vaccine?
I checked with a nurse in hospital and she just said to take only TT injection.
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Inj Tt and ARV is advisable
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Dr. Ojashwin Mishra
General Physician
3 yrs exp
Bhubaneswar
This is a category 2 bite minimum (image not clear), requires minimum Anti rabies vaccine - complete schedule of 4 doses on days 0,3,7,28.
Tetanus you've already taken so no need.
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Dr. Surabhi Nasre
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7 yrs exp
Nagpur
Take arv and tt
Did you wash your wound properly with water
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Dr. Priyanka Reddy
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5 yrs exp
Nellore
Yes.. take ARV and TT
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