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What Will Happen If I Am Not Vaccinated After A Dog Scratch?

three years ago i was giving food to stray puppies . one of them scratched on my finger by his teeth ... but very minute... the puppy didn't died after that.. i continued giving them food.. one day i was scratched again by an another puppy.. i got rabbies vaccination course after that.. that puppy also didn't died.. but now i worry that when it happened first time i didn't get myself vaccinated .. now what can i do?.. i m very worried.. please help
Thu, 13 Aug 2015
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hello, i understood your concern. Rabies is normally transmitted if there is mixing of infected dog's saliva with human blood. So if it was just a minor scratch without blood oozing out, you need not worry about rabies. and usually adult dogs bite or scratches can be a concern. And as you have already taken rabies vaccine, you need not worry about about the 1st incident. Just complete the course of vaccine this time.
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What Will Happen If I Am Not Vaccinated After A Dog Scratch?

hello, i understood your concern. Rabies is normally transmitted if there is mixing of infected dog s saliva with human blood. So if it was just a minor scratch without blood oozing out, you need not worry about rabies. and usually adult dogs bite or scratches can be a concern. And as you have already taken rabies vaccine, you need not worry about about the 1st incident. Just complete the course of vaccine this time.