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Question
Hello doctor, please advise me. My mother was just bitten by a dog, but she was bleeding. Can't get vaccinated today on Saturday, have to wait until Monday, is that okay?
Snowlight
Hello doctor. I was bitten by a dog at 11:30 a.m. on July 20, but 22 children just got a rabies shot, what's wrong, doctor? Looking forward to consulting your doctor. Thank you.
Vo Thi Cam Tu (2004)
Reply
Hello, thank you for your question to Vinmec.
Rabies is one of the dangerous diseases that currently has no specific treatment, the mortality rate is very high. Rabies is mainly transmitted through bites and scratches from the saliva of rabid animals. to the human body. After being bitten, if the rabies vaccine is not promptly administered, the rabies virus will multiply rapidly at the bite site, move along the nerves, and go straight to the central nervous system. Rabies does not appear immediately, the average incubation period is from 30 to 90 days, which can last up to 1 year. The more severe the wound, the closer it is to the CNS terminals, the shorter the incubation period. Conversely, if the wound is mild, far from the central nervous system, the incubation period will be longer.
If accidentally bitten by a dog, cat or wild animal, what to do is:
Immediately wash the wound under running water combined with soap continuously for 15 minutes. Then disinfect the wound with alcohol 70 or Betadin, do not squeeze the wound. Even for a mild bite, the patient should still be vaccinated against rabies to form protective antibodies. Animals should then be monitored for 15 days. So you need to get your mother vaccinated against rabies as soon as possible. Immunization service facilities (such as Vinmec Hanoi Hospital) work on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. You need to call to contact before the injection to avoid waiting.
BSCK I Tran Thanh Phuoc - Pediatrician - Pediatric Center - Vinmec Times City International Hospital
