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How To Treat Pug Bite?

my name is diya,25 yrs of age 5"3 and weigh 50kg which i got a tiny wound on my feet by my pug and she was only 4mths which anti rabies vaccination was not given and i do have a doubt whether it licked my feet so i met up with the doctor so he asked me to go ahead with TT and also 5 dosage of rabipur so i had undergone so i just want to know whether this has any side effects and also in future will it increase my body weight
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hello,
Welcome to HCM,

Rabies is a 100% fatal disease which is transmitted by dog bite but it is 100% preventable by proper and adequate treatment.

As you have a doubt that your unvaccinated puppy has licked your wound, for which your doctor has advised proper treatment by suggesting you to take 5 shots of anti rabies vaccine.

We don't want to take any risk with disease like rabies, over treatment is not at all a problem but under treatment is fatal. What ever the treatment you have received is proper and adequate. I would suggest you to give anti rabies vaccine to your pet too.
Thank you.
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How To Treat Pug Bite?

Hello, Welcome to HCM, Rabies is a 100% fatal disease which is transmitted by dog bite but it is 100% preventable by proper and adequate treatment. As you have a doubt that your unvaccinated puppy has licked your wound, for which your doctor has advised proper treatment by suggesting you to take 5 shots of anti rabies vaccine. We don t want to take any risk with disease like rabies, over treatment is not at all a problem but under treatment is fatal. What ever the treatment you have received is proper and adequate. I would suggest you to give anti rabies vaccine to your pet too. Thank you.