Hi sir, one month before i was bitten by a dog, but there was no bleeding and very minute skin was ruptured (not easily seen) at that day i rushed to the hospital and doctor prescribed me for antibiotic tablets at that time the small puppy was looking like good but within 10 days it was died. so i am fearing that i could be a patient of rabies, what should i do? can i be infected? are there any chances of such condition? should i get vaccinated? which vaccine and how many doses?
Hello, Welcome to Chat Doctor, This is the disease where you should not take any risk, because it is 100% fatal, but it is 100% preventable. When you are bitten by the dog then only you should have washed wound thoroughly with soap and water and taken at least 3 doses of antirabies vaccine into your deltoid, only because in rabies endemic area we never know which animal caries rabies virus. As the puppy has died, I would suggest you to start double dose of antirabies vaccines on to the deltoid and complete the remaining 4 doses of vaccine. In addition to antirabies vaccine you need to take rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) into and around the bite site. Thank you.