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Should I Take Vaccination After The Cat Bite?

when i woke up last december 1 i had a wound! i'm scared because i see a wound apart i don't think it's a bite but i'm nervous of it because there is a posibility that it is a cat bite. how many inches is the fang of the cat apart? until now i'm not attempting to be vaccinated. what i have gotta do?





Mon, 21 Apr 2014
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There is no need to have a vaccine right now,
If it was a wild dog bite withe bleeding then i would consider rabies vaccine but since the bite was from a cat and also from December then i would not worries you will be fine,just make sure the wound is clean and not infected.
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Should I Take Vaccination After The Cat Bite?

There is no need to have a vaccine right now, If it was a wild dog bite withe bleeding then i would consider rabies vaccine but since the bite was from a cat and also from December then i would not worries you will be fine,just make sure the wound is clean and not infected.