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One year ago street dog teeth mark on my feet little scretch tha i take rabies 1 vaccine this time my father in law gone heart attack i come my home town immediately and forget 2,3 vaccine recently i saw video on YouTube rabies infection i was scared what i do this time
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Nothing to worry. You re completed alright
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As you have mentioned that bite was a year ago,you are unlikely to get infected with rabies.Typically it's within 3 months.At this time, you don't need any further vaccine.However any future contact requires immediate post exposure series.
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Thanks for sharing, and I completely understand your fear. Let’s break this down clearly and calmly:
✅ Current Risk Assessment
1. You are SAFE now.
Rabies symptoms always appear within weeks to months (usually 2 weeks to 3 months) after exposure if infection occurred.
➤ You remained healthy for 1 full year — this rules out rabies.
2. You don’t need vaccination now — unless you get exposed again.
There's no need to panic or take vaccine after such a long delay without re-exposure.
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📌 Important Points:
Rabies is 100% preventable if vaccination is done in time.
It is 100% fatal only if symptoms appear and no treatment is given.
Since you did not develop any symptoms in a year, you were never infected.
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You do not have rabies. You're safe, and there's nothing more to do now
If you're still feeling anxious, I’m here to help you talk it through.
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As you don't develop any symptoms till now is good.
U can go for full course when u remind on 0,3, 7, 28 days.
Dose is 1 ml
In deltoid reason intradermal.
Not at all a problem.
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Enjoy you escaped from the window period. Do repeat such mistakes
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Need few more details
Kindly connect.
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Hello . Since you had history one year back and you are normal today. You don't have to restart that again . If in future any exposure do start from day o and complete the schedule fully . Hope it helped
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You took incomplete course, that was last year. Now any time needed, take complete course of anti rabies vaccine, otherwise it is not effective.
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Dear sir/mam
Ideally the dose should be completed within the prescribed time frame. As mentioned I understand that you took one dose one year back and missed the remaining doses. Pls monitor for any symptoms. Consult on Practo for further consultation.
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Connect
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Dr. Manoj Kumar
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9 yrs exp
Dehradun
Need few more details
Kindly consult
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Dr. Gaurav Jaiswal
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6 yrs exp
Jhansi
Do connect and consult
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Dr. Sachin Bhiwaji Sanap
General Practitioner
7 yrs exp
Hingoli
need more information
kindly consult
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Dr. Davra Kaushalkumar Dilipbhai
General Physician
6 yrs exp
Ahmedabad
Not worry
Take pre exposure prophylaxis on day 0,7,21 -day 3 doses
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Dr. V R Tindwani
Family Physician
51 yrs exp
Ahmedabad
Nothing need to do
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Dr. Anuj Mothsra
General Physician
6 yrs exp
Jhunjhunu
Can help you, kindly consult and provide detailed history for proper diagnosis and further management
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Dr. Jyoti Singh
General Physician
7 yrs exp
Meerut
➡️ Since it has been 1 year and no symptoms of rabies have appeared, you are safe now.
➡️ Rabies usually shows symptoms within weeks to months (rarely beyond 1 year).
➡️ No treatment is needed now, but in future, always complete the full vaccine schedule (all 4-5 doses).
✅ Key Advice:
No action needed now.
Don’t repeat this mistake in the future—complete full rabies vaccine if bitten/scratched again.
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Dr. Ravi Kumar Nadella
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18 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Complete the course asap
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Dr. Yuvraj Arora Monga
General Physician
28 yrs exp
Delhi
Dear Practo User.
Thanks for sending across your query.
I strongly advise completing the full rabies vaccine course after any potential exposure. Even a small scratch can be risky.
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For further details you can consult with me in Dr. Monga medi clinic or consult me directly by taking a consultation on Practo.
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Dr. Vaibhav Kumar
General Physician
4 yrs exp
Asansol
Did you took the Vaccine 1 yr Back? If so And You are healthy (Hopefully) than no need of Restarting the vaccination regime...
If next time You are again Exposed to A Dog or Cat Bite treat it as a new case and
Complete your Incomplete Regime, and you have to start from Day -0
That is in total 4 vaccines(Day 0,3,7,14), hopefully that helps
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Dr. Chaithra H
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5 yrs exp
Bangalore
Ok
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