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Weather to take rabies vaccine or not
Should i need to take rabies vaccine as a dog was approaching me.. to put him aside mistakenly i placed my hand in his mouth he didn't bite me or there is any blood or injury. But still i am in doubt
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You’re okay only if there was no injury before the locked your wound. Do consult for further questions
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Please consult with a General Physician on Practo .
It has to be clarified if in the past also you have made a similar mistake of putting your hand in the mouth of a dog on previous occasions .
If so , did you take the ARV or not . And what was the final result ?
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Dr. Vinod Kumar Verma
General Physician
9 yrs exp
Gurgaon
On the basis of your history - your contact with the dog come in category 1 as in this category - if any dog lick your normal skin or intact skin and don't mark any scratch on the skin then it's doesn't require to take ARV - anti rabies vaccine .
You should only wash that skin of contact with soap in the running water .
But if you have any suspicious in your mind then take rabies vaccine because there's no treatment of doubt.
So in this condition if you have doubt in your mind then take consultation .
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Post exposure prophylaxis shedule of ARV- 0,3,7 ,14 and 28 if your haven't taken any ARB vaccine in the past but if you have taken ARV vaccine in the past then take only 0, and 3 day
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Keep record of vaccination.
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Dr. Nimmi Mulwani
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10 yrs exp
Ahmedabad
Please consult with a physician online for further clarification. Some more details are needed
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Dr. Kesanapalli Bhavya Sree
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Vijayawada
For dog bite and dog licking on abraded areas requires ARV. If your hand is abraded u have to take ARV. Otherwise u can take tetanus vaccine one dose is enough..
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