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Rabies vaccine
I had a cut in my finger with bleeding and the bleeding stopped,i fed a street dog biscuit and while the dog picked the biscuit it slightly licked the area where i had the cut,my doctor advised to take rabies vaccine to be on safe side,So i had gone to a nearby hospital and they injected Thrabis vaccine in the buttocks and advised to get next doses on 7th and 21st day as booster , heard that injecting in gluteal is not effective,need suggestion on next course of action,should I consider the existing course as invalid and get injected again immediately or should I continue with my next dose via the deltoid in 7th and 21st day,any risk?
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Yes: injecting rabies vaccine into the gluteal muscle is NOT recommended.
WHO and CDC guidelines specify:
1) Intradermal (ID) or intramuscular (IM) into the deltoid is the correct method.
2) Gluteal region should be avoided because fat can impair vaccine absorption → ineffective protection
Next Steps
Since your first dose was given improperly, it's not considered valid.
You should start a new course, and this time correctly via deltoid (IM).
Health Tips
If you insist on keeping to the previous schedule (7th and 21st), you should get a proper Day 0 dose today in deltoid, and your doctor might adjust the rest accordingly. But I recommend restarting.
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In gluteal reason not advisable as it may cause limping of glb syndrome, efficacy no problem.
Now onwards to be taken in deltoid reason. Dose is 1 ml.
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Lot of person inject only 0.25 or 0.5 saying depends on severity of wound WRONG.
EVERY ONE NEED 1 ML.
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