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Do I Need To Take Rabies Vaccine After So Many Years Of Dog Bite?

i m from india , i had bitted by my dog, 7 t0 5 years ago. it was not so deep.i was have small cut on my thumb and few blood was cameout. me and my dog nowdays are having no problems. the dog has lived a long without any problm. m nt sure that at that time he(dog) was vaccined or not. my father is a vatenary doctor for sure he have gave the dog all vaccination. bt now i need to take rabbies vaccines..??? reply fast i am tensend about this
Wed, 2 Apr 2014
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Hello,
Welcome to HCM,

If you were bit by your dog 7 years ago and following which you have not taken any vaccine for that. As the dog as not developed any symptoms of rabies, definitely it suggest that you have not acquired the rabies virus from that dog.

As many years are gone by for the previous dog bite there is no point in taking the antirabies vaccine. I would suggest you to take three doses of antirabies vaccine as a pre exposure prophylaxis (PEP) on days 0,7 and 28.

This will protect you for future risk of exposure to the animal bite and this will avoid the use of rabies immunoglobulin in future.
Thank you.
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Do I Need To Take Rabies Vaccine After So Many Years Of Dog Bite?

Hello, Welcome to HCM, If you were bit by your dog 7 years ago and following which you have not taken any vaccine for that. As the dog as not developed any symptoms of rabies, definitely it suggest that you have not acquired the rabies virus from that dog. As many years are gone by for the previous dog bite there is no point in taking the antirabies vaccine. I would suggest you to take three doses of antirabies vaccine as a pre exposure prophylaxis (PEP) on days 0,7 and 28. This will protect you for future risk of exposure to the animal bite and this will avoid the use of rabies immunoglobulin in future. Thank you.