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Dog bite, is there a need of rabies inj?
My dog is 1.5years old. He's fully vaccinated but he plays with street dogs daily..
He bite my 13 year old brother. Is it necessary to take rabies shot even if my dog is vaccinated?
My brother also got rabies shot 6 months before because of dog bite
Should he take rabies shot again?
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If proper primary Post exposure prophylaxis taken as per schedule, then only T-dvac required, if blood coming out of wound then injection Rabishield local injection and initial 3 doses as per schedule recommended
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It's depends on type of wound and type of bite, if there is only scratch marks no need of any vaccination just do a wound cleaning
And if there is blood oozing and mucosal exposure you don't need to take full prophylaxis , just take 2 dose of rabis vaccination on day 0 and day 7 .
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