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Dog bite by a two month old dog
Sir I have been bit by a two month old dog and there was a little punture in the skin but I washed it with soap and applied dettol and some antibiotic ointment so sir is it necessary to get vaccinated and sir my dog was been vaccinated with 7 in 1 vaccine
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Don’t apply Antibiotics leave as it is,, Even not bitten better you should have taken pre exposure prophylaxis, but now you must vaccinate yourself at earliest
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Dr. Pandurang Sawant
Pediatrician
13 yrs exp
Pune
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Need vaccination with anti rabies
5doses
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Dr. M.L.Kothari
Pediatrician
42 yrs exp
Jaipur
Dear parents,
Its safe to get vaccinated, may be your dog vaccinated
Rabies has no cure once developed.
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