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Dog bite or scratch from teeth of dog
My baby 4yrs old while playing with a dog ..its teeth unexpectdely hurted on babys hand..light blood also came..immediately we took to hospital..and they had given arv (anti rabies vaccine)..the dog was a home dog which was vaccinated before 1.5 or 2 mnths back..now in evening he got fever..is it normal to get fever..i am giving parecetmol syrup..is it ok..any other food precations to be followed after vaccine or dog bite..its not completely a bite but dogs teeth hurtd and 2 spots of dots came..attached the pic for reference..please help ur suggestions and precautions
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Since there is blood at the bite site, and the patient is a child,it is better to take rabies immunoglobulin also.
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