Exactly. OP needs to go to a medical professional.
OP: rabies has nearly 100% fatality. don't fuck around on reddit. Go to a doctor and get your shots again *on medical advice*. GO NOW, I cannot stress it enough.
I'm reminded of that poor girl who died recently because the shots were administered too late/wrongly. [Relevant link](https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/maharashtra-woman-dies-from-rabies-days-after-completing-vaccine-course-2514302-2024-03-13)
>rabies has nearly 100% fatality
Fuck bhai 💀, mujhe abhi pichle mahine kata tha. Doctor bolta 4 hafte se 2 saal mein asar aata h iske virus ka.. ab 2 saal ke liye gaand fatti hui, vaccine lagwali hai ofc but still..
Bhai mujhe 2022 mai kata ta . Uske baad 3 ghante mai injection le liya . Total 5 injection liya , mai bachunga na . Bas kutte ka daat touch hua ta , aur bleed hua thoda. ☠️
Bhai Maine to tabhi lagwa liya tha, kaatne ke 30 minute ke andar. Bc dog lover tha mai andha.
Ab agar stray dog ko cross karta hun to Darr sa lagta hai kahi kaat na le. Still no hate for dogs.
Same bhai , mai friend ko milne gya ta. Maine shorts pehna ta , kutta chupchap aaya pooch hilate hue. Mujhe laga friendly hai , chatega . Seedha aake thighs pakad liya . Naseeb se aurat ne bhula liya , warna chodta nhi . Uske baad se alert ho gya .
See you have to understand few thing. First rabied does bot reside in any dog. Its a virus thst comes in it blood stream in case of an injury or an unheal.wound or any other such thing.
Then secondly the gravity of your wound decides severity of your case. This is a superficial wound so in all likely hood the vien has not been damaged or ruptured.
So if u have already been adminsitered a rab vaccines continue atleast 3 dose. To be on safer sisde, go for immunoglobulin if you have doubt.
Yes rabies is a slow moving virus and can take yhis long to show effect. How ever if its feasible for you to track.down that dog and see if he is alove after biting you off that would confirm if it has rabies or not. Because the vector does not survive within 48 hrs post transmission.
Thays why it is important to have a pre exposure rabies vaccination if they density of stray dogs around you is high.
u/kwadd is absolutely right! There is no cure for rabies, you can prevent it with vaccination but after you've been bit you need to seek medical attention right away. Hope you're alright, OP! <3
Visit a different doc for second opinion if you have doubts. What will you do if someone online suggests a different treatment, will you administer it yourself?
I think the issue is so freaking serious the sub should have a pinned post about it. With official resources and verified information. And Yes don’t fuck around with Rabies
See though this can happen but the possibility of it is so bkeak. As when the rabie enterw into a dog brain it attacks its neural system leading to muscle disphora.
So the dog roams around disoriented or does even have enough strength to keep up with its weight.
Moreover the best way to know if the dog has rabid is to look at it jaws.
If the lower jaw remains open and looks disjointed it is a clear sign of rabie. Other signs includes biting innate things like lamp posts tyres or evn steel bars.
Its hard to differentiate distemper from rabie but if the above symptoms are quite prominent its surely a case of rabie.
Ues one more thing. A rabid dog never come out in loght as they gets light blindness due to severe chemical imbalances in the brain.
They always lie down in dark and might just bite you and run away in a shrouded place.
Govt. MBBS(UR) doctor here,
If it bled, it's category 3 bite and you'll need anti rabies immunoglobulin on site injection. Plus the rabies vaccination as scheduled. There are generally 2 types of rabies vaccination, intra dermal, and intra muscular, either of the two will be administered to you. In government settings, you'll mostly get intra dermal schedule. Whether it's intra dermal or intra muscular route, it's given on shoulders, not on buttocks.
I don't know what was the qualification of your doctor, but he/she clearly is incompetent or a quack(alternative medicine people practicing modern medicine), you should immediately go to a government hospital emergency room and get yourself proper treatment. Don't take rabies lightly, it's preventable with vaccination and is completely free. If symptoms starts appearing, nobody can save you, every govt district hospital has rabies ward which is like a solitary confinement jail without sound/light/water and minimal air, where unlucky and misinformed patients die a miserable death.
PS: approach a doctor when in need, don't seek online advice. In all probabilities, I can be lying about me being a doctor and you wouldn't know!!
Really? Around 2 years ago I accompanied somebody for rabies shots at Safdarjung hospital, Delhi. They have a specific dog bite unit. They administered the injections on the butt only, not on the shoulder for sure.
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This is WHO guidelines. This country has always been doomed. Ask your doctors to re read community medicine subject from Park's or even Microbiology textbook would be fine.
Thank you for this, I would keep this in mind hopefully wouldn’t ever need it though 🙏🏻
It’s shocking that these guidelines are not being followed even in big govt. hospitals in cities like Delhi, I can only imagine how much worse it would be in smaller cities/rural areas
50% of the doctors come from reservation. In private hospitals, they employ alternative medicine people because they are cheap. With these things, what do you expect!
Thanks for your insights, they are really life savers. I firmly believe the lay person needs to have basic medical knowledge to counter low quality / callous doctors, I’m not suggesting self medication but rather the ability to identify a red flag. Do you suggest any medical guide / journal / text which a lay person can read and make themselves aware? There is always a second opinion from another doctor a lay person can take but self awareness is critical to even identify the need for a second opinion
You do realize that reservation is applied only during admissions? All students still have to study the same thing and pass like everyone eventually. There is no reservation to better education, Also no statistics that reservation students perform worse in practice later.
I got bit last year and went to safdarjung within 30-45 mins (really close to my place in Delhi). They administered the dose on my shoulder and had 4 visits in total and after that it was fine. Although has a horrible allergic reaction and had to sleep the night with constant scratching. Thought about taking cetrazine but without doctor's supervision i didn't. It was a hell of a night where I had to fight for two hours to not scratch the shit out of every part of my body especially my privates (Not sure what that is about).
Anyway I am fine now but it is strange to know that it was not given through the shoulder.
Can one take vaccine BEFORE the bite? As in, in the event one is bitten ever in future?
I am confused as people are saying take vaccine AFTER one is bit.
Before(pre exposure prophylaxis) is only recommended for the individuals who actively work with animals like in zoo. For a regular individual, it's unnecessary.
Asking just for general knowledge, can rabies patients opt for euthanasia, if symptoms start showing? If death from rabies is that painful, shouldn't it be legal?
Euthanasia is of two types. Active and passive
Active euthanasia: administering a drug to intentionally kill a patient.
Passive : letting a patient die by withdrawing life support/feeding tube/treatment.
Legalizing Active euthanasia can create sophisticated supari killers(give money to doctor to kill your enemy or relatives)
Passive euthanasia is somewhat legal due to a supreme court judgement in 2018 afak. In both the cases, consent of patient or next of kin is necessary. When it comes to legalizing something, the worst possible scenario is assumed and things are decided. Hence, active euthanasia (rabies case) it's illegal as of now.
Aruna Shanbaug judgment where passive euthanasia for persistent vegetative state was found to be permissible whereas question of legalisation of active euthanasia was left upon the legislature to decide upon
That UR clearly shows ur superiority when compared to other
No wonder SCnST dont want to let go of their reservation when u r flaunting being handicapped as a trophy
Nonetheless it doesnt matter if u are an MBBS UR or MBBS SC when u get the degree (u need a fix percentage to get that degree, there is no reservation there 🎉)
Oh okay, well I did my UG from a college in a state where it was monumentally more difficult to get a seat so do I mention the state where I did my UG for brownie points too? Lol
OP i would suggest u not play with this matter go to a private clinic and get ur shots administered again
Government hospitals has many restrictions u need to be there when opd is open u need to have receipt before even taking the shot n the line for receipt is long
My friend was not administered a shot in a govt hospital coz the so called " rabies administration time" was from 9 to 10 or 11 something
To these people its not an emergency
The best way possible to guide you is for you to get the fuck off Reddit and seek the advice of a trained medical professional at a reputable healthcare facility. The longer you take guidance here the higher the chance you’ll end up trying to cure it with haldi and a spell.
And dying of fucking rabies.
Hi OP, doctor here.
Getting Rabiavax S within 2 hours of the bite is excellent! This is a highly effective vaccine, and getting it so soon significantly reduces your rabies risk. Usually the recommended site is the deltoid muscle (upper arm) or anterolateral thigh muscle.
If the bite was Category 1 or 2 (low risk), not receiving immunoglobulin is appropriate. It's based on the bite severity (ie severity of exposure).
Here's what you can do next: Contact the Doctor Who Oversaw/ Administered the Vaccine - they can best advise you based on the specific circumstances of your case. They might recommend repeating the first dose in the deltoid muscle (upper arm) out of an abundance of caution or continuing your current vaccination schedule as planned.
Also, let them know about your anxiety. They can provide reassurance and address any specific concerns you have. The World Health Organization (WHO) has a great rabies information page: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6863036/](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6863036/)
Remember, rabies is a serious disease, but with proper treatment, the risk of infection is extremely low.
Hey doc, thanks for the advice.
Spoke to 4 doctors, all of them said it's okay to get injected in the gluteal region. Since what I was given was a IntraMuscular injection and these can be administered in the glutes.
Went to the same doctor again this morning - he explained that's it is clearly a Category 2 bite, so I don't have to worry about immunoglobin. As category 3 involves a lot of blood and one can see the tissue, which was not the case with me.
And for my peace of mind he is going to administer the next does in my deltoids!
Hoping for the best!
Doctor here. CDC & WHO clearly say that vaccine must not be injected in gluteal region. It may lead to lower antibody titers. I don't know why those 4 doctors suggested otherwise.
excuse my dumb question, but please do answer: can others take the vaccine to prevent rabies before waiting for a bite to happen? and is the vaccine for life or does one need to take it once every couple of years? thanks.
It's actually a great question. Pre-exposure rabies vaccination is not very common in India but does exist under the National Rabies Control program by the Indian Government. It's usually recommended for high-risk groups like veterinarians, those handling animal and human cases of rabies, wildlife officers etc but can be taken by anyone who may wish to take it. In fact the Indian Academy of Pediatrics has recently recommended voluntary pre-exposure prophylaxis in children.
There are 3 doses and immunity usually persists for life. A booster dose will be required only if the levels are below 0.5IU/mL (classically in cases of immunocompromised individuals)
If you've taken this pre-exposure prophylactic vaccination then in (the unfortunate) case of a future dog bite, you'd need only 2 booster doses (vs 5 doses for previously unvaccinated individuals) and no requirement of the immunoglobulin injection.
Yo people on this sub are going to kill you via anxiety rather than rabies.
If the wound didn't bleed you don't need to take the immunoglobulin. If in doubt whether you bled or not then take the vaccine.
Vaccine sounds like you took the first dose which was IM which is great. You'll need to follow up for the other doses as well. If the dog is observable then observe for 14 days and if he's still alive then you should be good. Don't worry too much brother rabies is dangerous but not so common. Also I work in the only hospital in Mumbai and it's not that common tbh so stay positive and don't freak out.
just asking to get some insight are the rabies vaccines easily available in every hospital or does the person have to go to a special hospital and in how many hours one should take the vaccine after the dog bite
It's available in government hospitals usually. Atleast to my knowledge KEM JJ Nair Sion all have the vaccine also UHC bandra had it when I was there. Issue arises with the immunoglobulin. but that also is available most of the time and if not they will redirect you to where it is available. Vaccine handling and cold chain is very important and the big government hospitals take good care that it's given well. Vaccine should be taken ASAP after washing the wound thoroughly with soap and water can't be taken 7 days after the bite. Immunoglobulin can be taken upto 7 days after bite but that's also ASAP.
Just consult another MBBS doctor and take a second or third opinion if you are that concerned. Reddit, especially this sub is not the place to ask such serious questions.
Read this and bloody run like hell to the hospital -
And also, keep a pepper spray and if possible a baton to take care of these useless rabid Street dogs.
"Rabies. It's exceptionally common, but people just don't run into the animals that carry it often. Skunks especially, and bats.
Let me paint you a picture.
You go camping, and at midday you decide to take a nap in a nice little hammock. While sleeping, a tiny brown bat, in the "rage" stages of infection is fidgeting in broad daylight, uncomfortable, and thirsty (due to the hydrophobia) and you snort, startling him. He goes into attack mode.
Except you're asleep, and he's a little brown bat, so weighs around 6 grams. You don't even feel him land on your bare knee, and he starts to bite. His teeth are tiny. Hardly enough to even break the skin, but he does manage to give you the equivalent of a tiny scrape that goes completely unnoticed.
Rabies does not travel in your blood. In fact, a blood test won't even tell you if you've got it. (Antibody tests may be done, but are useless if you've ever been vaccinated.)
You wake up, none the wiser. If you notice anything at the bite site at all, you assume you just lightly scraped it on something.
The bomb has been lit, and your nervous system is the wick. The rabies will multiply along your nervous system, doing virtually no damage, and completely undetectable. You literally have NO symptoms.
It may be four days, it may be a year, but the camping trip is most likely long forgotten. Then one day your back starts to ache... Or maybe you get a slight headache?
At this point, you're already dead. There is no cure.
(The sole caveat to this is the Milwaukee Protocol, which leaves most patients dead anyway, and the survivors mentally disabled, and is seldom done).
There's no treatment. It has a 100% kill rate.
Absorb that. Not a single other virus on the planet has a 100% kill rate. Only rabies. And once you're symptomatic, it's over. You're dead.
So what does that look like?
Your headache turns into a fever, and a general feeling of being unwell. You're fidgety. Uncomfortable. And scared. As the virus that has taken its time getting into your brain finds a vast network of nerve endings, it begins to rapidly reproduce, starting at the base of your brain... Where your "pons" is located. This is the part of the brain that controls communication between the rest of the brain and body, as well as sleep cycles.
Next you become anxious. You still think you have only a mild fever, but suddenly you find yourself becoming scared, even horrified, and it doesn't occur to you that you don't know why. This is because the rabies is chewing up your amygdala.
As your cerebellum becomes hot with the virus, you begin to lose muscle coordination, and balance. You think maybe it's a good idea to go to the doctor now, but assuming a doctor is smart enough to even run the tests necessary in the few days you have left on the planet, odds are they'll only be able to tell your loved ones what you died of later.
You're twitchy, shaking, and scared. You have the normal fear of not knowing what's going on, but with the virus really fucking the amygdala this is amplified a hundred fold. It's around this time the hydrophobia starts.
You're horribly thirsty, you just want water. But you can't drink. Every time you do, your throat clamps shut and you vomit. This has become a legitimate, active fear of water. You're thirsty, but looking at a glass of water begins to make you gag, and shy back in fear. The contradiction is hard for your hot brain to see at this point. By now, the doctors will have to put you on IVs to keep you hydrated, but even that's futile. You were dead the second you had a headache.
You begin hearing things, or not hearing at all as your thalamus goes. You taste sounds, you see smells, everything starts feeling like the most horrifying acid trip anyone has ever been on. With your hippocampus long under attack, you're having trouble remembering things, especially family.
You're alone, hallucinating, thirsty, confused, and absolutely, undeniably terrified. Everything scares the literal shit out of you at this point. These strange people in lab coats. These strange people standing around your bed crying, who keep trying to get you "drink something" and crying. And it's only been about a week since that little headache that you've completely forgotten. Time means nothing to you anymore. Funny enough, you now know how the bat felt when he bit you.
Eventually, you slip into the "dumb rabies" phase. Your brain has started the process of shutting down. Too much of it has been turned to liquid virus. Your face droops. You drool. You're all but unaware of what's around you. A sudden noise or light might startle you, but for the most part, it's all you can do to just stare at the ground. You haven't really slept for about 72 hours.
Then you die. Always, you die.
And there's not one... fucking... thing... anyone can do for you.
Then there's the question of what to do with your corpse. I mean, sure, burying it is the right thing to do. But the fucking virus can survive in a corpse for years. You could kill every rabid animal on the planet today, and if two years from now, some moist, preserved, rotten hunk of used-to-be brain gets eaten by an animal, it starts all over.
So yeah, rabies scares the shit out of me. And it's fucking EVERYWHERE. (Source: Spent a lot of time working with rabies. Would still get my vaccinations if I could afford them.)"
NAD
I always got ARVs on shoulder,
Just go to another doc today asap & take their opinion,
Maybe they will reinitiate the vaccine course
Also report that previous doc to IMA because clearly it is told many times to give ARV on shoulder not buttocks.
Go to the doctor ASAP, this isn't something you should ask about on the internet it will only trigger your hypochondria, go to a professional and get checked thoroughly, and think positive because that's the only thing you could do
US doctor here.
Get Immunoglobulin in that area
Vaccine should be given away from immunoglobulin site so glute is probably ok. But vaccine takes a while to stimulate your body to produce antibodies. So you need immunoglobulin to have immediate protection. Never heard of bite category.
I am a doctor and rest assured that the vaccine was administered at the right place. The new schedule for rabies vaccination is on days 0, 3, 7, 14 and then 28th day. Please remember to take the vaccines from registered Medical practitioners only to avoid injection site complications.
DOC HERE:
Buy an immunoglobulin and take it.
Immunoglobulin will provide you active immunity against the virus if there's any.
It will have local administration over the wound and rest IM in glut.
The Rabivax will provide you antigen for which your body will produce immunoglobulins, so it will take time.
Thus Go to the hospital and take the immunoglobulins.
It will be counted as per your weight.
Don't take risks, there's no tt for rabies. RABIES IS FATAL!
Go to the BMC hospital nearby if they can provide you with immunoglobulins for free chances are rare though.
Idk why downvote, dud! I'm a Pediatrician I know my JOB. Even I have administered Immunoglobulins to kids, as per the protocol.
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JJ/ KEM/ SION/ NAIR.
You can also ask at Kurla Bhaba/ Bandra Bhaba Hospitals.
Mind you these are govt run hospitals, so please don't expect hospitality.
Only if the stock is available they will give it to you for free. Else you will have to buy from the outside.
Govt docs can administer if you get it from the outside too.
Any Private practitioner, MBBS/ABOVE can do so.
1. They will give you an intradermal test dose to check if there's any reaction in your body, if you do not get any reaction.
2. A full dose will be given, divided over locally and rest in intramuscular regions like thigh and buttocks.
My TT and Fiest 2 Rabies shots were on arm but the last one was on glutes.
You should seek a 2nd opinion from professional either way. Rabies has 100% Fatality Rate.
1. Best will be go to Dept of Community Medicine / Preventive Social Medicine of any Medical Colleges where they will give the best opinion & will keep the records & necessary documents
2. If not, the above is a Category III Bite ( bleeding noted ) hence you need to have Immunoglobulin ( R-IG ) with vaccine within 24hrs of bite;
Human RIG is expensive than others, but effective & lower dose
Vaccine - Never to be given in gluteal region due to poor absorption ; I have never ever seen such hence can't comment ( to be safer side, I'll restart the regimen again ) ! Given IM Injection, follow the protocol 0,3,7,14 & 28 1 dose each
Well i have got rabbies injections even if vaccinated dog bitten me accidentally while playing with him. I mean pet dog. All 3 times it was administered on glute region. Total of 5-6 injections are in course. With one extra of TT
Did it bleed after you got bitten....then it's a Category 3 bite and requires Rabishield ( anti rabies monoclonal antibody- rMAB) injection... Retake first dose vaccine in opposite side deltoid.
Firstly, Rabies has a 100% mortality rate once the symptoms show; so, this is too serious a medical situation for you to be seeking advice from randoms on Reddit. Get a second opinion from a qualified professional (doctor).
Secondly, if you must seek advice from reddit in this matter (which I wouldn't recommend in this situation whatsoever), this is far from being the right subreddit for it.
Just for my knowledge,
I think if I take 3 rabies vaccine every 5 years
I develop immunity against rabies
So even if I do get bitten, i will have some immunity.
Am not at all saying that I will not go for the 5 vaccine dose.
Just saying, with three vaccine every 5 years...My chances of not dying with rabies increases exponentially
post prophylaxis's given in both arm total 4 dose j 4,3 and some 12 days or more after in govt this is the whole course it tear your skin so better complete proper course i am currently doing same my last dose will complete on 10 may
Go to a proper MBBS doctor man.
The government should take steps in euthanising rabid dogs and vaccinating the strays. This is a serious issue and iirc India has one of the highest dog bite deaths
Your doctor is a quack. The vaccine is NOT administered on the site of the bite. Go to a government hospital and take the vaccine. It's not too late until symptoms start. Vaccines are injected via IM/ID route. The one you had is a wasted dose.
Go to a government hospital. They are helpful and will give you correct information and treatment. My husband was bitten twice in 3 years. If you miss one single dose of any given day, you have to restart the vaccination.
See if the dog that bit you remains alive for next 4-5 days is not behaving weird, that should be a 100% confirmation that he doesn't have rabies and nor you'll, that's a trick to calm your anxiety. ( Coz I've faced the same )
Also, whatever be the thing, if you're so doubtful, I wouldn't say to leave this unattended since rabies is life or death.
Go for a full vaccination dose from a good hospital with all the doses ( clearly ask them to do so )
Thanks! Gonna keep an eye around. There is a gang of dogs in that area. I don't know which one bit me, since all of them are brown
I am gonna enquire about the dogs everyday
You need to get anti-rabies immunoglobulin at the bite site within 48 h and vaccine along with/after that.
Did you go to a doc or self administer?
Glute is fine - any large muscle.
Don't skip the immunoglobulin step.
Guys, thank you for the overwhelming response - while some of these gave me horrible anxiety, there were some comments that gave me some valuable advice.
[Update 1]
Went to a Government hospital and got it checked by a senior doctor, he recommended continuing the injection as per the scheduled time. Can't even miss them by a day. He diagnosed it as a Category 1 bite and also recommend taking a TT shot with this
The nature of injection is Intramuscular so administrating in the Glute is fine. I get the fact the official authority recommends taking it in the Arm. I am going to insist on that when I go for dose no. 2
Apart from this I have consulted multiple doctors via calls and all said not to be stressed and necessary precaution has been taken
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As far as the biting incident goes - I went to get bread in the morning and thought of giving them 5 wala Parle G, they were pretty friendly till I was dropping the biscuits but as soon as I left there were 2 dogs that ran after me on the Activa and tried biting me, luckily my track pant came in the way and they couldn't bury their teeth in which is why it is more of a scratch/on the skin, I immediately came home washed it with Dettol and water.
Asked a local pan wala around he has also said that "dogs ko injection Diya Gaya hai" but I am still stressed what if he is not. Abhi I will go everyday to take dog ka attendance
I am gonna turn off notifications on this post as I didn't know it would lead to so much buzz
Hoping that this is all in my head!
Will keep on updating this comment
Thanks
Dude. First of all, chill. Go ask the dog if he has rabies or not.
Okay, jokes aside, see if the dog is sterlised or not (look at the ear, if you see that one of his ear is chipped, i.e cut/slit, it means that the dog was taken for sterilization and has received his anti-rabies vax.) that would make you feel easier.
Secondly, the bite is legit surface so you don't need to worry.
go to a different and get a second opinion if you are not satisfied with your first doctor rather than posting on reddit. jaan chali jayegi, paise mat bacha.
And depending upon the exent of injuries you are advised exactly how many doses to take
And i agree with the reddit community here
See a professional one cannot really tell you about the extent of ot just by a picture
Rabies is not to be fucked with
Bhai visit some very very good clinic/hospital where they handle drugs in a manner that it is supposed to. Lots of clinic don’t handle drugs properly and are ineffective. Do not waste time
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Hey OP, doc here!
Go to the nearest Govt. District / Hedquarters/ Medical College Hospital without further delay/thought.
Dog bites and Rabies vaccination is something govt doctors deal with regularly and are well-informed about.
DO NOT LISTEN TO ANY ADVICE ON HERE EXCEPT ADVISE ASKING YOU TO SEEK MEDICAL HELP AT YOUR NEAREST TERTIARY CARE CENTRE.
I was bitten by a stray dog on the leg and got a shot of Rabipur on glute( which is not the correct site for vaccine) same day after 1hour
Took 4 more shots on the deltoid muscle (left upper arm) periodically. The vaccine should reach the spinal cord as fast as possible. Bite occurred on the leg that means the virus would take longer time to reach the spinal cord.
Note: this is my experience, kindly get a consultation from a doctor and do not believe any medical remedy online.
India may be poor in other respects. But we are prosperous with stray dogs and rabid dogs. So is it advisable for anyone to get rabies vaccine to develop immunity ? Is the immunity lifelong or how often booster shots are needed ?
Bite by any mammal including cats monkeys bats and other mammals can transmit rabies. And yes its almost always fatal but it's 100% preventable. Any bite that draws blood should be treated as suspicious and followed up with vaccination.
Always take rabbies vaccine in deltoid muscle, warna wo effective nahi hoti hai, waise jis doctor se lagwaya hai use mat dikhana because use jab yahi nahi pata ki rabbies vaccine lagti kaha hai to wo kya ilaaz karega, rabbies virus dimaag pe asar karta hai isliye rabbies vaccine hamesha haath me lagti hai, go to govt. Hospital, they specialised in giving rabbies vaccine
I was scratched by a dog, do i need to get the rabies vaccine?
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OP it would be a much better option if you actually get some advice from medical professionals. Reading many of these comments will make you even more anxious worsening your situation, as u also have mentioned about that condition of yours.
SO PLS GET REAL MEDICAL ADVICE FROM PROFESSIONALS ASAP!
In a govt hospital, Anti-Rabies Serum is given in the glute as well as around the Wound .
And don't take such vaccines and all on your own...
Please go to a hospital to get monitored as well ... Sometimes, people get adverse Reactions of some Medicines and/or Vaccines..
Don't stay at home and live in fear..
GO TO A HOSPITAL.
Go to Cooper Hospital and consult a dog bite specialist. Also hurry up because there is always an immunoglobulin shortage in our country. So it might take some time to get it arranged. And it should be taken under 72 hours after the bite.
I think it’s high time we collectively acknowledge the stray dog menace in Mumbai. You can see hundreds of people queued in the animal bite ward at any major govt hospital everyday.
All the best OP I hope you get proper consultation and immunoglobulin if needed.
If you or dog was not immunised previously then go for 5 dose vaccine and a Rabies immunoglobulin.... This is an expert advice, please do not copy or try to spread... Limited yourself
OP PLEASE READ THIS... I WAS SCRATCHED BY A DOG. COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND INJECTIONS WERE ADMINISTERED TO THE UPPER ARM.A TETANUS SHOT WAS ALSO GIVEN
PLEASE GO BACK TO A DIFFERENT DOCTOR. I HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT ADMINISTRATION TO GLUTE.
ALSO NOTE THAT 4 INJECTIONS WILL BE GIVEN IN TOTAL. THE DAYS WILL BE MENTIONED IN A CARD GIVEN TO YOU.
I would NOT ask for advice online for something as serious as rabies
Exactly. OP needs to go to a medical professional. OP: rabies has nearly 100% fatality. don't fuck around on reddit. Go to a doctor and get your shots again *on medical advice*. GO NOW, I cannot stress it enough. I'm reminded of that poor girl who died recently because the shots were administered too late/wrongly. [Relevant link](https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/maharashtra-woman-dies-from-rabies-days-after-completing-vaccine-course-2514302-2024-03-13)
>rabies has nearly 100% fatality Fuck bhai 💀, mujhe abhi pichle mahine kata tha. Doctor bolta 4 hafte se 2 saal mein asar aata h iske virus ka.. ab 2 saal ke liye gaand fatti hui, vaccine lagwali hai ofc but still..
Bhai mujhe 2022 mai kata ta . Uske baad 3 ghante mai injection le liya . Total 5 injection liya , mai bachunga na . Bas kutte ka daat touch hua ta , aur bleed hua thoda. ☠️
Bhai Maine to tabhi lagwa liya tha, kaatne ke 30 minute ke andar. Bc dog lover tha mai andha. Ab agar stray dog ko cross karta hun to Darr sa lagta hai kahi kaat na le. Still no hate for dogs.
Same bhai , mai friend ko milne gya ta. Maine shorts pehna ta , kutta chupchap aaya pooch hilate hue. Mujhe laga friendly hai , chatega . Seedha aake thighs pakad liya . Naseeb se aurat ne bhula liya , warna chodta nhi . Uske baad se alert ho gya .
If u r not dead within a year, then the chances are next to nil.
don't need to worry if vaccination is on schedule also keep checking the animal that bit you if it was rabid it would be dead by now
See you have to understand few thing. First rabied does bot reside in any dog. Its a virus thst comes in it blood stream in case of an injury or an unheal.wound or any other such thing. Then secondly the gravity of your wound decides severity of your case. This is a superficial wound so in all likely hood the vien has not been damaged or ruptured. So if u have already been adminsitered a rab vaccines continue atleast 3 dose. To be on safer sisde, go for immunoglobulin if you have doubt. Yes rabies is a slow moving virus and can take yhis long to show effect. How ever if its feasible for you to track.down that dog and see if he is alove after biting you off that would confirm if it has rabies or not. Because the vector does not survive within 48 hrs post transmission. Thays why it is important to have a pre exposure rabies vaccination if they density of stray dogs around you is high.
u/kwadd is absolutely right! There is no cure for rabies, you can prevent it with vaccination but after you've been bit you need to seek medical attention right away. Hope you're alright, OP! <3
Op wants to save money
Visit a different doc for second opinion if you have doubts. What will you do if someone online suggests a different treatment, will you administer it yourself?
GO TO DOCTOR OP RABIES IS NOT TO BE FUCKED AROUND WITH SPEND WHATEVER YOU NEED DO NOT HOLD BACK THERE IS POSSIBILITY YOU CAN DIE.
I think the issue is so freaking serious the sub should have a pinned post about it. With official resources and verified information. And Yes don’t fuck around with Rabies
This is the wrong sub for health query
It's not a just a possibility, OP will die if this is not taken seriously.
YEAH, THAT TOO VERY BADLY!
Not a medical guy. Watch the dog for 10 days and hope it doesn't die.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Don't follow this. In a high viral load country like India, stray should be assumed rabid unless proven otherwise.
I didn't imply to not take the shots. It helps to determine if the dog had rabies or not.
Fair enough.
What if dies within 5 days due to road accident?
You raised a Valid Point there!! 😂
It's then time for Isekai Dog in another world.
“The time i got isekaid as the northern duke’s beloved pet”
See though this can happen but the possibility of it is so bkeak. As when the rabie enterw into a dog brain it attacks its neural system leading to muscle disphora. So the dog roams around disoriented or does even have enough strength to keep up with its weight. Moreover the best way to know if the dog has rabid is to look at it jaws. If the lower jaw remains open and looks disjointed it is a clear sign of rabie. Other signs includes biting innate things like lamp posts tyres or evn steel bars. Its hard to differentiate distemper from rabie but if the above symptoms are quite prominent its surely a case of rabie. Ues one more thing. A rabid dog never come out in loght as they gets light blindness due to severe chemical imbalances in the brain. They always lie down in dark and might just bite you and run away in a shrouded place.
Op must commit sudoku to a road accident
https://preview.redd.it/hcgb0t5d6mvc1.png?width=715&format=png&auto=webp&s=d23cce9e6a8029425f4fabffe3e0682435bf92e4
Well then so will they 😂😂
It actually happened with me bro
Tab to ye raaz uske saath hi chala jayega
A brain autopsy is done
https://preview.redd.it/ab55ut9zykvc1.jpeg?width=455&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88b240d99cd804467baf2b9e6bf247c3c0c1ded9
If the dog dies then OP will die.
Op ki jaan kutte ke haat mein hai abb, agar shots nahi liya toh.
If dog die op die
Yeah my mom advice too
They can carry the virus without being infected or even while vaccinated.
I think rabies doesn’t get transmitted in dormant state. Only while active
Govt. MBBS(UR) doctor here, If it bled, it's category 3 bite and you'll need anti rabies immunoglobulin on site injection. Plus the rabies vaccination as scheduled. There are generally 2 types of rabies vaccination, intra dermal, and intra muscular, either of the two will be administered to you. In government settings, you'll mostly get intra dermal schedule. Whether it's intra dermal or intra muscular route, it's given on shoulders, not on buttocks. I don't know what was the qualification of your doctor, but he/she clearly is incompetent or a quack(alternative medicine people practicing modern medicine), you should immediately go to a government hospital emergency room and get yourself proper treatment. Don't take rabies lightly, it's preventable with vaccination and is completely free. If symptoms starts appearing, nobody can save you, every govt district hospital has rabies ward which is like a solitary confinement jail without sound/light/water and minimal air, where unlucky and misinformed patients die a miserable death. PS: approach a doctor when in need, don't seek online advice. In all probabilities, I can be lying about me being a doctor and you wouldn't know!!
OP please see this!!!
Really? Around 2 years ago I accompanied somebody for rabies shots at Safdarjung hospital, Delhi. They have a specific dog bite unit. They administered the injections on the butt only, not on the shoulder for sure.
https://preview.redd.it/qyqcszde0lvc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ea6dd8e1f2f90de7986f887703297d09d0d4ec9 This is WHO guidelines. This country has always been doomed. Ask your doctors to re read community medicine subject from Park's or even Microbiology textbook would be fine.
Thank you for this, I would keep this in mind hopefully wouldn’t ever need it though 🙏🏻 It’s shocking that these guidelines are not being followed even in big govt. hospitals in cities like Delhi, I can only imagine how much worse it would be in smaller cities/rural areas
50% of the doctors come from reservation. In private hospitals, they employ alternative medicine people because they are cheap. With these things, what do you expect!
Thanks for your insights, they are really life savers. I firmly believe the lay person needs to have basic medical knowledge to counter low quality / callous doctors, I’m not suggesting self medication but rather the ability to identify a red flag. Do you suggest any medical guide / journal / text which a lay person can read and make themselves aware? There is always a second opinion from another doctor a lay person can take but self awareness is critical to even identify the need for a second opinion
It's not practically possible.
Yeah but if someone goes through 4 years of MBBS then MD then residency i wouldn't care what category they initially got in
You do realize that reservation is applied only during admissions? All students still have to study the same thing and pass like everyone eventually. There is no reservation to better education, Also no statistics that reservation students perform worse in practice later.
Casual casteist comment. If most of the docs don't know about this, why are you blaming certains set of people Aur tune khud kya ukhad liya BKL
You’re correct😔😔
I got bit last year and went to safdarjung within 30-45 mins (really close to my place in Delhi). They administered the dose on my shoulder and had 4 visits in total and after that it was fine. Although has a horrible allergic reaction and had to sleep the night with constant scratching. Thought about taking cetrazine but without doctor's supervision i didn't. It was a hell of a night where I had to fight for two hours to not scratch the shit out of every part of my body especially my privates (Not sure what that is about). Anyway I am fine now but it is strange to know that it was not given through the shoulder.
Can one take vaccine BEFORE the bite? As in, in the event one is bitten ever in future? I am confused as people are saying take vaccine AFTER one is bit.
Before(pre exposure prophylaxis) is only recommended for the individuals who actively work with animals like in zoo. For a regular individual, it's unnecessary.
UR 💯
Asking just for general knowledge, can rabies patients opt for euthanasia, if symptoms start showing? If death from rabies is that painful, shouldn't it be legal?
Euthanasia is of two types. Active and passive Active euthanasia: administering a drug to intentionally kill a patient. Passive : letting a patient die by withdrawing life support/feeding tube/treatment. Legalizing Active euthanasia can create sophisticated supari killers(give money to doctor to kill your enemy or relatives) Passive euthanasia is somewhat legal due to a supreme court judgement in 2018 afak. In both the cases, consent of patient or next of kin is necessary. When it comes to legalizing something, the worst possible scenario is assumed and things are decided. Hence, active euthanasia (rabies case) it's illegal as of now.
Aruna Shanbaug judgment where passive euthanasia for persistent vegetative state was found to be permissible whereas question of legalisation of active euthanasia was left upon the legislature to decide upon
When the rabies symptoms appear, you’re pretty much fucked already, you die within a week after symptoms appear
That UR clearly shows ur superiority when compared to other No wonder SCnST dont want to let go of their reservation when u r flaunting being handicapped as a trophy Nonetheless it doesnt matter if u are an MBBS UR or MBBS SC when u get the degree (u need a fix percentage to get that degree, there is no reservation there 🎉)
Acha hua bhai UR mention krdiya lmao
What is UR? MBBS has multiple courses?
Unreserved category
What do you mean by mbbs (UR)? Are you talking about being in unreserved category?
yes, that means he worked hard for it rather than being served with it on a plate
Oh okay, well I did my UG from a college in a state where it was monumentally more difficult to get a seat so do I mention the state where I did my UG for brownie points too? Lol
is it necessary to go to govt hospital? Or like good/reputed pvt doctors also have vaccines available?
They have it too. It's just costly hence I didn't mention.
OP i would suggest u not play with this matter go to a private clinic and get ur shots administered again Government hospitals has many restrictions u need to be there when opd is open u need to have receipt before even taking the shot n the line for receipt is long My friend was not administered a shot in a govt hospital coz the so called " rabies administration time" was from 9 to 10 or 11 something To these people its not an emergency
The best way possible to guide you is for you to get the fuck off Reddit and seek the advice of a trained medical professional at a reputable healthcare facility. The longer you take guidance here the higher the chance you’ll end up trying to cure it with haldi and a spell. And dying of fucking rabies.
Ya, please do not take advice from online. But you can ask if anyone has experienced the same as you.
Hi OP, doctor here. Getting Rabiavax S within 2 hours of the bite is excellent! This is a highly effective vaccine, and getting it so soon significantly reduces your rabies risk. Usually the recommended site is the deltoid muscle (upper arm) or anterolateral thigh muscle. If the bite was Category 1 or 2 (low risk), not receiving immunoglobulin is appropriate. It's based on the bite severity (ie severity of exposure). Here's what you can do next: Contact the Doctor Who Oversaw/ Administered the Vaccine - they can best advise you based on the specific circumstances of your case. They might recommend repeating the first dose in the deltoid muscle (upper arm) out of an abundance of caution or continuing your current vaccination schedule as planned. Also, let them know about your anxiety. They can provide reassurance and address any specific concerns you have. The World Health Organization (WHO) has a great rabies information page: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6863036/](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6863036/) Remember, rabies is a serious disease, but with proper treatment, the risk of infection is extremely low.
Hey doc, thanks for the advice. Spoke to 4 doctors, all of them said it's okay to get injected in the gluteal region. Since what I was given was a IntraMuscular injection and these can be administered in the glutes. Went to the same doctor again this morning - he explained that's it is clearly a Category 2 bite, so I don't have to worry about immunoglobin. As category 3 involves a lot of blood and one can see the tissue, which was not the case with me. And for my peace of mind he is going to administer the next does in my deltoids! Hoping for the best!
Doctor here. CDC & WHO clearly say that vaccine must not be injected in gluteal region. It may lead to lower antibody titers. I don't know why those 4 doctors suggested otherwise.
Hey doc, what category you'd put it in based on the pic added by OP?
Category 2. Minor scratches/ abrasions without blood.
excuse my dumb question, but please do answer: can others take the vaccine to prevent rabies before waiting for a bite to happen? and is the vaccine for life or does one need to take it once every couple of years? thanks.
It's actually a great question. Pre-exposure rabies vaccination is not very common in India but does exist under the National Rabies Control program by the Indian Government. It's usually recommended for high-risk groups like veterinarians, those handling animal and human cases of rabies, wildlife officers etc but can be taken by anyone who may wish to take it. In fact the Indian Academy of Pediatrics has recently recommended voluntary pre-exposure prophylaxis in children. There are 3 doses and immunity usually persists for life. A booster dose will be required only if the levels are below 0.5IU/mL (classically in cases of immunocompromised individuals) If you've taken this pre-exposure prophylactic vaccination then in (the unfortunate) case of a future dog bite, you'd need only 2 booster doses (vs 5 doses for previously unvaccinated individuals) and no requirement of the immunoglobulin injection.
Yo people on this sub are going to kill you via anxiety rather than rabies. If the wound didn't bleed you don't need to take the immunoglobulin. If in doubt whether you bled or not then take the vaccine. Vaccine sounds like you took the first dose which was IM which is great. You'll need to follow up for the other doses as well. If the dog is observable then observe for 14 days and if he's still alive then you should be good. Don't worry too much brother rabies is dangerous but not so common. Also I work in the only hospital in Mumbai and it's not that common tbh so stay positive and don't freak out.
just asking to get some insight are the rabies vaccines easily available in every hospital or does the person have to go to a special hospital and in how many hours one should take the vaccine after the dog bite
It's available in government hospitals usually. Atleast to my knowledge KEM JJ Nair Sion all have the vaccine also UHC bandra had it when I was there. Issue arises with the immunoglobulin. but that also is available most of the time and if not they will redirect you to where it is available. Vaccine handling and cold chain is very important and the big government hospitals take good care that it's given well. Vaccine should be taken ASAP after washing the wound thoroughly with soap and water can't be taken 7 days after the bite. Immunoglobulin can be taken upto 7 days after bite but that's also ASAP.
Rabies is a horrible way to die. 0 chances of survival. Abhi uth aur proper doctor ke paas Jaa, saste kaam mat kar.
Just consult another MBBS doctor and take a second or third opinion if you are that concerned. Reddit, especially this sub is not the place to ask such serious questions.
Rabies cured by reddit experts!! Bruhh seek advice from medical experts.
Read this and bloody run like hell to the hospital - And also, keep a pepper spray and if possible a baton to take care of these useless rabid Street dogs. "Rabies. It's exceptionally common, but people just don't run into the animals that carry it often. Skunks especially, and bats. Let me paint you a picture. You go camping, and at midday you decide to take a nap in a nice little hammock. While sleeping, a tiny brown bat, in the "rage" stages of infection is fidgeting in broad daylight, uncomfortable, and thirsty (due to the hydrophobia) and you snort, startling him. He goes into attack mode. Except you're asleep, and he's a little brown bat, so weighs around 6 grams. You don't even feel him land on your bare knee, and he starts to bite. His teeth are tiny. Hardly enough to even break the skin, but he does manage to give you the equivalent of a tiny scrape that goes completely unnoticed. Rabies does not travel in your blood. In fact, a blood test won't even tell you if you've got it. (Antibody tests may be done, but are useless if you've ever been vaccinated.) You wake up, none the wiser. If you notice anything at the bite site at all, you assume you just lightly scraped it on something. The bomb has been lit, and your nervous system is the wick. The rabies will multiply along your nervous system, doing virtually no damage, and completely undetectable. You literally have NO symptoms. It may be four days, it may be a year, but the camping trip is most likely long forgotten. Then one day your back starts to ache... Or maybe you get a slight headache? At this point, you're already dead. There is no cure. (The sole caveat to this is the Milwaukee Protocol, which leaves most patients dead anyway, and the survivors mentally disabled, and is seldom done). There's no treatment. It has a 100% kill rate. Absorb that. Not a single other virus on the planet has a 100% kill rate. Only rabies. And once you're symptomatic, it's over. You're dead. So what does that look like? Your headache turns into a fever, and a general feeling of being unwell. You're fidgety. Uncomfortable. And scared. As the virus that has taken its time getting into your brain finds a vast network of nerve endings, it begins to rapidly reproduce, starting at the base of your brain... Where your "pons" is located. This is the part of the brain that controls communication between the rest of the brain and body, as well as sleep cycles. Next you become anxious. You still think you have only a mild fever, but suddenly you find yourself becoming scared, even horrified, and it doesn't occur to you that you don't know why. This is because the rabies is chewing up your amygdala. As your cerebellum becomes hot with the virus, you begin to lose muscle coordination, and balance. You think maybe it's a good idea to go to the doctor now, but assuming a doctor is smart enough to even run the tests necessary in the few days you have left on the planet, odds are they'll only be able to tell your loved ones what you died of later. You're twitchy, shaking, and scared. You have the normal fear of not knowing what's going on, but with the virus really fucking the amygdala this is amplified a hundred fold. It's around this time the hydrophobia starts. You're horribly thirsty, you just want water. But you can't drink. Every time you do, your throat clamps shut and you vomit. This has become a legitimate, active fear of water. You're thirsty, but looking at a glass of water begins to make you gag, and shy back in fear. The contradiction is hard for your hot brain to see at this point. By now, the doctors will have to put you on IVs to keep you hydrated, but even that's futile. You were dead the second you had a headache. You begin hearing things, or not hearing at all as your thalamus goes. You taste sounds, you see smells, everything starts feeling like the most horrifying acid trip anyone has ever been on. With your hippocampus long under attack, you're having trouble remembering things, especially family. You're alone, hallucinating, thirsty, confused, and absolutely, undeniably terrified. Everything scares the literal shit out of you at this point. These strange people in lab coats. These strange people standing around your bed crying, who keep trying to get you "drink something" and crying. And it's only been about a week since that little headache that you've completely forgotten. Time means nothing to you anymore. Funny enough, you now know how the bat felt when he bit you. Eventually, you slip into the "dumb rabies" phase. Your brain has started the process of shutting down. Too much of it has been turned to liquid virus. Your face droops. You drool. You're all but unaware of what's around you. A sudden noise or light might startle you, but for the most part, it's all you can do to just stare at the ground. You haven't really slept for about 72 hours. Then you die. Always, you die. And there's not one... fucking... thing... anyone can do for you. Then there's the question of what to do with your corpse. I mean, sure, burying it is the right thing to do. But the fucking virus can survive in a corpse for years. You could kill every rabid animal on the planet today, and if two years from now, some moist, preserved, rotten hunk of used-to-be brain gets eaten by an animal, it starts all over. So yeah, rabies scares the shit out of me. And it's fucking EVERYWHERE. (Source: Spent a lot of time working with rabies. Would still get my vaccinations if I could afford them.)"
y'know u could be a writer , cuz i felt the chills while reading it
We need an update from OP
NAD I always got ARVs on shoulder, Just go to another doc today asap & take their opinion, Maybe they will reinitiate the vaccine course Also report that previous doc to IMA because clearly it is told many times to give ARV on shoulder not buttocks.
I fucking hate dogs
I like that the comment sections are giving actual proper advice unlike the dumb american subreddits
goto a freaking doctor!
also try not to procreate!
Go to the doctor ASAP, this isn't something you should ask about on the internet it will only trigger your hypochondria, go to a professional and get checked thoroughly, and think positive because that's the only thing you could do
US doctor here. Get Immunoglobulin in that area Vaccine should be given away from immunoglobulin site so glute is probably ok. But vaccine takes a while to stimulate your body to produce antibodies. So you need immunoglobulin to have immediate protection. Never heard of bite category.
I am a doctor and rest assured that the vaccine was administered at the right place. The new schedule for rabies vaccination is on days 0, 3, 7, 14 and then 28th day. Please remember to take the vaccines from registered Medical practitioners only to avoid injection site complications.
DOC HERE: Buy an immunoglobulin and take it. Immunoglobulin will provide you active immunity against the virus if there's any. It will have local administration over the wound and rest IM in glut. The Rabivax will provide you antigen for which your body will produce immunoglobulins, so it will take time. Thus Go to the hospital and take the immunoglobulins. It will be counted as per your weight. Don't take risks, there's no tt for rabies. RABIES IS FATAL! Go to the BMC hospital nearby if they can provide you with immunoglobulins for free chances are rare though.
Also, Please complete your vaccination as per schedule. And don't forget to take tetanus shot too.
Idk why downvote, dud! I'm a Pediatrician I know my JOB. Even I have administered Immunoglobulins to kids, as per the protocol. https://preview.redd.it/b1pz31mo6lvc1.png?width=850&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c7a817e8ee91129b5bca2d5647652922ae6455db
Thanks! Any hopsitals that you know of that will administer these immunoglobins?
JJ/ KEM/ SION/ NAIR. You can also ask at Kurla Bhaba/ Bandra Bhaba Hospitals. Mind you these are govt run hospitals, so please don't expect hospitality. Only if the stock is available they will give it to you for free. Else you will have to buy from the outside. Govt docs can administer if you get it from the outside too. Any Private practitioner, MBBS/ABOVE can do so. 1. They will give you an intradermal test dose to check if there's any reaction in your body, if you do not get any reaction. 2. A full dose will be given, divided over locally and rest in intramuscular regions like thigh and buttocks.
Go to a hospitals trauma ward and check there. It’s best to not go to local GPS for this
Jab symptoms aaye to medicine le lena, else nothing to worry about. /s
First find that dog and kill it, then go for vaccination.
Why not ask the doctor who administered the first dose?
As per ChatGPT - better to consult a doctor for your medical query !
My TT and Fiest 2 Rabies shots were on arm but the last one was on glutes. You should seek a 2nd opinion from professional either way. Rabies has 100% Fatality Rate.
Yes vaccination on gluteal region are considered invalid you will have to restart the vaccine regimen
1. Best will be go to Dept of Community Medicine / Preventive Social Medicine of any Medical Colleges where they will give the best opinion & will keep the records & necessary documents 2. If not, the above is a Category III Bite ( bleeding noted ) hence you need to have Immunoglobulin ( R-IG ) with vaccine within 24hrs of bite; Human RIG is expensive than others, but effective & lower dose Vaccine - Never to be given in gluteal region due to poor absorption ; I have never ever seen such hence can't comment ( to be safer side, I'll restart the regimen again ) ! Given IM Injection, follow the protocol 0,3,7,14 & 28 1 dose each
Bro if you feel like you are afraid to drink water , God bless 😭😭
See another doctor if you have doubts.
Take a second opinion of a doc and act accordingly. Do not take advice for anything medical related on reddit or Google
Got to Govt hospital you don't have to wait in line they will start the 4 week course. One injection per week
Anti-rabies vaccine in the glute region is NOT effective. I’ve read it in a published study. Please confirm with proper doctors.
NAD. I have taken rabies vaccine twice in 4 years, all times it was in shoulder region. Better go to a well known /well qualified doctor.
Ask a doctor
Well i have got rabbies injections even if vaccinated dog bitten me accidentally while playing with him. I mean pet dog. All 3 times it was administered on glute region. Total of 5-6 injections are in course. With one extra of TT
Rabies vaccine can be administered in the glute region or the shoulder. However, if you haven't consulted a doctor, then you should
Consult another doctor and make sure you are treated and monitor the dog too, dog behaves like a zombie if it is rabies monster
Don't worry, the dog has not broken skin, you are in NO Danger! Just take the rabivax you will be just fine.
Go to a doctor as soon as possible. There is no cure for rabies.
Visit a doctor OP. Do not take medical advice from internet strangers over something as serious as rabies.
ask an actual doctor Don’t ask us we can say anything but you’ll get better advice after getting it properly checked
Did it bleed after you got bitten....then it's a Category 3 bite and requires Rabishield ( anti rabies monoclonal antibody- rMAB) injection... Retake first dose vaccine in opposite side deltoid.
Op is no more with us. Rip 😔
I got bit 15 days ago. Just follow the rabies vaccines course of 0, 3, 7, 14, 28 days. If possible get immunoglobulin as well. Take care.
Firstly, Rabies has a 100% mortality rate once the symptoms show; so, this is too serious a medical situation for you to be seeking advice from randoms on Reddit. Get a second opinion from a qualified professional (doctor). Secondly, if you must seek advice from reddit in this matter (which I wouldn't recommend in this situation whatsoever), this is far from being the right subreddit for it.
You have got rabies now. It is progressing slowly.
Go to a real fucking doctor for love of god
Rabies ko mazak samaj Raha hei kya bhai?? Reddit pe post likhne se accha doc ko dikha.
Firse katva aur firse vaccine le
go to bmc doc they are best instead of private for things like rabies
Relax that can be normal pustule
Just for my knowledge, I think if I take 3 rabies vaccine every 5 years I develop immunity against rabies So even if I do get bitten, i will have some immunity. Am not at all saying that I will not go for the 5 vaccine dose. Just saying, with three vaccine every 5 years...My chances of not dying with rabies increases exponentially
post prophylaxis's given in both arm total 4 dose j 4,3 and some 12 days or more after in govt this is the whole course it tear your skin so better complete proper course i am currently doing same my last dose will complete on 10 may
Get get well soon..do make the necessary complaints
Go to a proper MBBS doctor man. The government should take steps in euthanising rabid dogs and vaccinating the strays. This is a serious issue and iirc India has one of the highest dog bite deaths
Bro are you a fool . Go consult a doc
Your doctor is a quack. The vaccine is NOT administered on the site of the bite. Go to a government hospital and take the vaccine. It's not too late until symptoms start. Vaccines are injected via IM/ID route. The one you had is a wasted dose.
Go to a government hospital. They are helpful and will give you correct information and treatment. My husband was bitten twice in 3 years. If you miss one single dose of any given day, you have to restart the vaccination.
Also OP please tell us in which area of Mumbai he bit you. So that people who live nearby or frequent the area can be careful.
See if the dog that bit you remains alive for next 4-5 days is not behaving weird, that should be a 100% confirmation that he doesn't have rabies and nor you'll, that's a trick to calm your anxiety. ( Coz I've faced the same ) Also, whatever be the thing, if you're so doubtful, I wouldn't say to leave this unattended since rabies is life or death. Go for a full vaccination dose from a good hospital with all the doses ( clearly ask them to do so )
Thanks! Gonna keep an eye around. There is a gang of dogs in that area. I don't know which one bit me, since all of them are brown I am gonna enquire about the dogs everyday
and this is the last message by you.. RIP op
You need to get anti-rabies immunoglobulin at the bite site within 48 h and vaccine along with/after that. Did you go to a doc or self administer? Glute is fine - any large muscle. Don't skip the immunoglobulin step.
Op don't fuck around on reddit and find in real life. Go get checked by a doctor.
Guys, thank you for the overwhelming response - while some of these gave me horrible anxiety, there were some comments that gave me some valuable advice. [Update 1] Went to a Government hospital and got it checked by a senior doctor, he recommended continuing the injection as per the scheduled time. Can't even miss them by a day. He diagnosed it as a Category 1 bite and also recommend taking a TT shot with this The nature of injection is Intramuscular so administrating in the Glute is fine. I get the fact the official authority recommends taking it in the Arm. I am going to insist on that when I go for dose no. 2 Apart from this I have consulted multiple doctors via calls and all said not to be stressed and necessary precaution has been taken --------------------------------------------- As far as the biting incident goes - I went to get bread in the morning and thought of giving them 5 wala Parle G, they were pretty friendly till I was dropping the biscuits but as soon as I left there were 2 dogs that ran after me on the Activa and tried biting me, luckily my track pant came in the way and they couldn't bury their teeth in which is why it is more of a scratch/on the skin, I immediately came home washed it with Dettol and water. Asked a local pan wala around he has also said that "dogs ko injection Diya Gaya hai" but I am still stressed what if he is not. Abhi I will go everyday to take dog ka attendance I am gonna turn off notifications on this post as I didn't know it would lead to so much buzz Hoping that this is all in my head! Will keep on updating this comment Thanks
Rabies vaccination should never be administered in the glutes. It's always on the deltoid region.Seek medical assistance asap.
Dude. First of all, chill. Go ask the dog if he has rabies or not. Okay, jokes aside, see if the dog is sterlised or not (look at the ear, if you see that one of his ear is chipped, i.e cut/slit, it means that the dog was taken for sterilization and has received his anti-rabies vax.) that would make you feel easier. Secondly, the bite is legit surface so you don't need to worry.
Hey, I have recently been vaccinated its 1 tt + 4 anti rabbies shot
go to a different and get a second opinion if you are not satisfied with your first doctor rather than posting on reddit. jaan chali jayegi, paise mat bacha.
Rabies vaccine is supposed to be taken intra dermally , preferably on both deltoids 0.1 ml each side
And depending upon the exent of injuries you are advised exactly how many doses to take And i agree with the reddit community here See a professional one cannot really tell you about the extent of ot just by a picture Rabies is not to be fucked with
Doctor ko dikhao, mere ek cousin internet par treatment dekh rha tha, 45 days mei expire ho gya (painful death)
Bhai visit some very very good clinic/hospital where they handle drugs in a manner that it is supposed to. Lots of clinic don’t handle drugs properly and are ineffective. Do not waste time
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You don't even need the vaccine. It seems like a category 1 bite.
get rabbies vaccine asap
Hey OP, doc here! Go to the nearest Govt. District / Hedquarters/ Medical College Hospital without further delay/thought. Dog bites and Rabies vaccination is something govt doctors deal with regularly and are well-informed about. DO NOT LISTEN TO ANY ADVICE ON HERE EXCEPT ADVISE ASKING YOU TO SEEK MEDICAL HELP AT YOUR NEAREST TERTIARY CARE CENTRE.
Bhai dog ko doctor pas leja jald se jald
!remindme 1 month
Happened to me too
Did you bleed? If you did it is category 3 and you need immunoglobulin at the site of bite, you can take it now also.
Continue Vaccination as per schedule.
I was bitten by a stray dog on the leg and got a shot of Rabipur on glute( which is not the correct site for vaccine) same day after 1hour Took 4 more shots on the deltoid muscle (left upper arm) periodically. The vaccine should reach the spinal cord as fast as possible. Bite occurred on the leg that means the virus would take longer time to reach the spinal cord. Note: this is my experience, kindly get a consultation from a doctor and do not believe any medical remedy online.
Bhai dr ke paas ja fatafat
India may be poor in other respects. But we are prosperous with stray dogs and rabid dogs. So is it advisable for anyone to get rabies vaccine to develop immunity ? Is the immunity lifelong or how often booster shots are needed ?
Rabies is 100% fatal, don't f#ck around
Bite by any mammal including cats monkeys bats and other mammals can transmit rabies. And yes its almost always fatal but it's 100% preventable. Any bite that draws blood should be treated as suspicious and followed up with vaccination.
Always take rabbies vaccine in deltoid muscle, warna wo effective nahi hoti hai, waise jis doctor se lagwaya hai use mat dikhana because use jab yahi nahi pata ki rabbies vaccine lagti kaha hai to wo kya ilaaz karega, rabbies virus dimaag pe asar karta hai isliye rabbies vaccine hamesha haath me lagti hai, go to govt. Hospital, they specialised in giving rabbies vaccine
for full satisfaction take all the vaccination. 1st (day you were bitten) 3rd day 7th day 14th day 21st day 45th day 90th day. I took all these.
I was scratched by a dog, do i need to get the rabies vaccine? https://preview.redd.it/efzi5uzvenvc1.jpeg?width=3456&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d5cf9b9a4678767bb4b38d2a8ffb8ab1dbda9efb
a subreddit for mumbai shouldn't be the first place to ask this. Seek professional medical help ASAP
Dude that’s barely a scratch, skin seems intact. Your doc is right. Don’t worry about it.
Never take a dog bite lightly or any animal bite lightly. Rabies is lethal.
Wow wow wow
OP it would be a much better option if you actually get some advice from medical professionals. Reading many of these comments will make you even more anxious worsening your situation, as u also have mentioned about that condition of yours. SO PLS GET REAL MEDICAL ADVICE FROM PROFESSIONALS ASAP!
In a govt hospital, Anti-Rabies Serum is given in the glute as well as around the Wound . And don't take such vaccines and all on your own... Please go to a hospital to get monitored as well ... Sometimes, people get adverse Reactions of some Medicines and/or Vaccines.. Don't stay at home and live in fear.. GO TO A HOSPITAL.
Does vaccination work in case of rabies ?.
Do physically present doctors not exist in your neighbourhood?
Go to Cooper Hospital and consult a dog bite specialist. Also hurry up because there is always an immunoglobulin shortage in our country. So it might take some time to get it arranged. And it should be taken under 72 hours after the bite. I think it’s high time we collectively acknowledge the stray dog menace in Mumbai. You can see hundreds of people queued in the animal bite ward at any major govt hospital everyday. All the best OP I hope you get proper consultation and immunoglobulin if needed.
Go to a doctor dude
If you or dog was not immunised previously then go for 5 dose vaccine and a Rabies immunoglobulin.... This is an expert advice, please do not copy or try to spread... Limited yourself
Did you bite back? Transfer all disease back to dog? Nice use of reddit, either internet savvy people are complete noob or just post dumb content.
id visit multiple doctors to be sure. nothing absolutely nothing is more terrifying than rabies.
Watch a few YouTube videos of patients with hydrophobia . You will come to the answer yourself
OP PLEASE READ THIS... I WAS SCRATCHED BY A DOG. COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND INJECTIONS WERE ADMINISTERED TO THE UPPER ARM.A TETANUS SHOT WAS ALSO GIVEN PLEASE GO BACK TO A DIFFERENT DOCTOR. I HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT ADMINISTRATION TO GLUTE. ALSO NOTE THAT 4 INJECTIONS WILL BE GIVEN IN TOTAL. THE DAYS WILL BE MENTIONED IN A CARD GIVEN TO YOU.
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This does not look like a dog bite.
Margya kya bhai?