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Monkey bite
Monkey bitten me on my hand just a little scratch no bleeding and it's not paining what should I do?
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Wash wound with soap and running water for 15 Mts and go for anti rabies vaccine shots to near by clinic hospital
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Dr. Rashmi Wadhwa
General Physician
37 yrs exp
Delhi
ARV full course
Antibiotics and painkillers
Inj TT
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Dr. Sachin Pariskar
Pediatrician
8 yrs exp
Pune
Consult for in detail treatment and advise
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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. Vinod Kumar Verma
General Physician
9 yrs exp
Gurgaon
According to your sign and symptoms you are suffering from scratching due to monkey bite.
If you haven’t taken any rabies vaccination then
You should take complete vaccination
As per schedule of
Post exposure prophylaxis of rabies as
Below -
Injection- Rabies- Take at - 0, 3,7,14 and 21 or 28 days of first day of vaccination .
Next Steps
If you have taken vaccination of rabies in the past life more than 6 month old -
Then take only 3 dose of vaccine as
- 0,3 and 7or 14 day of first day of vaccination.
If you have taken that vaccination with in 3 month then
No need to any vaccine only
You should take TT vaccine.
Health Tips
Please keep records of vaccination.
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Dr. Mohammed Rehan Khan
Urologist
12 yrs exp
Bangalore
Get anti rabies vaccine
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