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Suggest Possible Medication For Dog Bite

Hi, four nights ago, I was playing with a friend's pet puppy. The puppy playfully bit my finger which resulted in a small scratch with very little blood oozing out. Most online suggestions point to waiting for 10-14 days before going for the anti-rabies shot. The dog seems to be fine as of today. What would you advise?
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hello,
Welcome to HCM,

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

As you have been scratched by your friends pet puppy. As there was a bleeding from the site of bite it is categorized into Cat III bite according to WHO categories and it is necessary to take both the active and passive immunization with Antirabies vaccine and Antirabies serum respectively.

You have to take both antirabies vaccine and antirabies serum, You have to receive all the doses of antirabies vaccine on days 0, 3, 7, 14 and 28 (If the puppy is healthy after three dose of vaccine, you can discontinue the antirabies vaccine) and antirabies serum (Rabies immunoglobulin) on day 0 in and around the wound.

In addition to this you should take Inj TT and antibiotic like tab Augmentin for 5 days.
Thank you.
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Suggest Possible Medication For Dog Bite

Hello, Welcome to HCM, Rabies is a disease which is transmitted by the dog, which is 100% fatal but it is 100% preventable by proper and adequate treatment. As you have been scratched by your friends pet puppy. As there was a bleeding from the site of bite it is categorized into Cat III bite according to WHO categories and it is necessary to take both the active and passive immunization with Antirabies vaccine and Antirabies serum respectively. You have to take both antirabies vaccine and antirabies serum, You have to receive all the doses of antirabies vaccine on days 0, 3, 7, 14 and 28 (If the puppy is healthy after three dose of vaccine, you can discontinue the antirabies vaccine) and antirabies serum (Rabies immunoglobulin) on day 0 in and around the wound. In addition to this you should take Inj TT and antibiotic like tab Augmentin for 5 days. Thank you.