My neighbour 3-4 month old month puppy licked my leg several times in past month. The puppy was not vaccinated. I don't remember any injury in my leg past month. But I am afraid that there might be minor cuts that go unnoticed. What should I do?

Dr. Jatin SoniGeneral Physician15yrs exp

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There are two things that we need to worry about 1) any local infection which usually develops immediately after licking and for which you are asymptomatic for now 2) rabies - an animal when bites or licks us and dies within a couple of days with an abnormal behaviour than we can develop the disease rabies and your puppy seems to be very unlikely suffering from it so to summarise I don't feel you have developed any disease due to licking of puppy but it's better to get your self vaccinated yearly with rabipur injection. 

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