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Home > Dog Bite > Health Feed > Questions > Doctor, rat has bitten on my finger tip, it started bleed...
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Doctor, rat has bitten on my finger tip, it started bleeding. To stop the blood flow I put that bleeding finger in my mouth and licked my finger blood, now I am afraid if it would affect me or I would have rabbies. Kindly give me suggestions what I should do or am I in any kind of danger?

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Kindly get. A blood test done. And get yourself vaccinated by your nearby physician.
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If the rat is rabid you are likely to get rabies because of the bite n not because of the your own blood you sucked.
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I suggest you go to a general physician and get and examination done as well as get a vaccination as soon as possible and you should be fine. This is for all safety reasons. Hope this reply helps regards.
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