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Mild dog bite
Mild dog bite on my right thumb.
while feeding the puppy he caught my thumb for a friction of second. however its not deep cut but i got little blood from the breakthrough.
puppy is one and half month old and its a stray dog. kindly advice if i need to take any injection.
I have no pain now as its been 2-3 hours now. and no bleeding. I also washed it properly and applied antibacterial cream also.
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Get the anti rabies vaccination. Rabies is fatal.
Prevention is better than cure!
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Get Inj.TT 0.5 ml I/m stat.
Wait-&-watch the dog for 10 days
If dog stays normal,antirabies is not Indicated,if dog dies,turns rabid, or it goes missing, dog is killed then you need a course of Inj. Rabipur.
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