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Should I Take Additional Care For The Dog Bite Other Than Taking Tetanus And Anti Rabies Vaccination, The Dog Being Given The Regular Vaccinations?

Hi Doctor,
My Mother got a dog bite 6 days back on backpart(kidney) a small wound ,a sharp teeth of dog bite her.
On the same day got Tetanus injection and doctor is giving her even anti rabies vacinies also 2 dose over....
and that is a pet taking regular vacanies also ,we saw it their sheet its given in oct2013,its a 8 years old dog...
shall we still take any additional food or any precautions and any thing regarding this,,,,,,,she is a 55+years old...we are worried about that ,pls help in suggesting....
posted on Sun, 19 Jan 2014
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Hello,
Welcome to HCM.
I have gone through your mothers history.
As rabies is a 100% fatal disease your concern towards your mothers condition is very good.Even though it is 100% fatal it is 100% preventable. As you are telling that it was a pet dog bite which is immunized till date.
As Your doctor has given inj TT and Antirabies vaccine.You need to give full course of Anti rabies vaccine on day 0,3,7,14 and 28 days.
But if it would have been the stray dog bite, your mother has bleeding from that site (Cat III), I would have advised you to give single dose of rabies immunoglobulin to your mother around the wound.
Observe the dog for 10 days.
If you have any queries please feel free to ask.
Thank you.
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Should I Take Additional Care For The Dog Bite Other Than Taking Tetanus And Anti Rabies Vaccination, The Dog Being Given The Regular Vaccinations?

Hello, Welcome to HCM. I have gone through your mothers history. As rabies is a 100% fatal disease your concern towards your mothers condition is very good.Even though it is 100% fatal it is 100% preventable. As you are telling that it was a pet dog bite which is immunized till date. As Your doctor has given inj TT and Antirabies vaccine.You need to give full course of Anti rabies vaccine on day 0,3,7,14 and 28 days. But if it would have been the stray dog bite, your mother has bleeding from that site (Cat III), I would have advised you to give single dose of rabies immunoglobulin to your mother around the wound. Observe the dog for 10 days. If you have any queries please feel free to ask. Thank you.