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Rabies exposure through bats
How to know that whether bat had bitten you while you were asleep cause I have read that bats give microscopic bite and we can't able to feel it it also leave such a small mark that it disappear on it's own. So suppose a bat bite you and then it went outside your home then how will you get to know that you are exposed to rabies.
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IF ANY DOUBT, ON BASIS OF THAT GO FOR VACCINE.
MICROSCOPIC BITE UNABLE TO ASSESS.
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Bat bites are nearly painless and often leave no visible marks. If you wake up and find a bat in your bedroom or an unattended child’s room, you should always assume you were bitten. You cannot rely on physical evidence or lack of pain to rule out a bite.
Medical experts universally recommend that finding a bat in a room with someone who was asleep—or someone who cannot clearly communicate, such as a young child or a person with a disability—requires immediate medical evaluation.
Follow these concrete steps immediately:
Seek Medical Attention Immediately: Go to the nearest emergency room or designated local health clinic. Because rabies is fatal once symptoms appear, the safest course of action is getting the rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). PEP includes an immune globulin injection and a multi-dose series of the rabies vaccine.
Capture the Bat (If Safe): If the bat is still present, contain it safely without touching it with bare hands. You can trap it using a box or a large towel. Have the bat tested for rabies by animal control or your local health department. If the test results are negative for rabies, you can stop the vaccination series. If the bat cannot be found or tested, the full vaccine series is typically recommended as a precaution
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It is better to take the rabies vaccine because there are high chances that you may get a false negative report from the veterinary dept.
And rabies is 100% .........
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Can help you, kindly consult and provide detailed history for proper diagnosis and further management
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Go for vaccination asap.If you are asleep and bat is in room ,its become a potential exposure .because bat bite has no scratch and person cant feel .bat exposure is rare but its dangerous. So better if you go for vaccination asap.
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Wash the site of bite with soap and water
If you saw the bat yourself in the room then take and you feel the bat might have bitten you in sleep, take post exposure prophylaxis to help clear your mind, and to avoid overthinking.
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you can go to government hospital setup and ask for post exposure rabies prophylaxis with proper history.
even if you hadn't bitten by a bat, taking the RABIES VACCINE won't cause any harm to your body.
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Rabies transmission from bats requires direct contact. If you wake up and did not see a bat in the room, did not feel a bite or scratch, and have no evidence that a bat was present, rabies exposure is extremely unlikely. It is not recommended to assume that an unseen bat bit you while you were asleep simply because bat bites can sometimes be small.
However, if you wake up and find a bat in your room, or there is a reasonable possibility of direct contact (especially in a sleeping person, young child, or someone unable to reliably report an exposure), you should seek medical care immediately to determine whether rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is needed. PEP decisions are based on the likelihood of actual exposure, not on hypothetical possibilities.
There is no blood test or examination that can confirm an unnoticed bat bite after the fact. If no bat was present and there was no known contact, rabies vaccination is not routinely recommended.
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Proper evaluation and personalised advice are needed for your concern. A detailed consultation would be best to provide accurate guidance.
Feel free to consult me for further assistance.
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Dr. Suraj Sharma
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Dr. Ravi Kumar Nadella
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By seeing bite mark
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