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Suggest Treatment For Dog Scratch

hey, i was feeding my dog when he jumped and i scratched the skin just below the nail of my hand finger, it bled a little but i pushed more blood out then cleansed it with perfume for any bacteria, its just a little minor rip size of a fullstop, do i need some kind of medication ?
Mon, 5 May 2014
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Defiinitly any dog related injry whether it may be minor or major must be repoterd to the doctor.
If you are the owner of dog and you are sure about the vaccination shedule of the dog ( if it is properly & timly administered ) the you can observe the dog for next ten days from the day of occurance of injury. If the dog is as normal as previous no need to do any thing but if the dog has got change in behaviour or if it is irritable you must rush the doctors .
If the dog is not pet or it is wild or rod dog on which you cant keep a watch its better to see a doctor and according to his opinion go for a post exposure prophylaxis of rabis.
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Suggest Treatment For Dog Scratch

Defiinitly any dog related injry whether it may be minor or major must be repoterd to the doctor. If you are the owner of dog and you are sure about the vaccination shedule of the dog ( if it is properly & timly administered ) the you can observe the dog for next ten days from the day of occurance of injury. If the dog is as normal as previous no need to do any thing but if the dog has got change in behaviour or if it is irritable you must rush the doctors . If the dog is not pet or it is wild or rod dog on which you cant keep a watch its better to see a doctor and according to his opinion go for a post exposure prophylaxis of rabis.