Rabies Health Feed

Hii, it is not necessary to have same brand anti rabies vaccine. The important thing is right dose is administered at right schedule.

Koi dikkt nhi h bs vaccine lo time pr sab theek ho jayega
baby ko bhi koi issue nhi h bs take care of wound and donot touch baby without proper handwash.

only vaccine is available as pep.
no chance of rabies after per as VACCINE.
rabies is 100% fetal.
you r safe.

As per who protocol, if the bite occurred within 3 months of completed vaccination you don't have to take vaccine again. Bite less than 3 months of complete vaccination - only wound cleaning and tt.
Bite more than 3 months of complete vaccination - wound cleaning + repeat anti rabies vaccine schedule.
You don't have to take any booster dose.
So, I would advice you to;
1. Wash the wound thoroughly under running water and soap for 15 min immediately.
2. Go to a local hospital a...more

According to the latest who guidelines on rabies vaccination, the duration of immunity from pre-exposure prophylaxis (prep) rabies vaccination is now considered to be at least 3 to 10 years. This is an update from the previous recommendation of a duration of at least 2 years. However, the duration of immunity can vary depending on factors such as individual immune response and exposure risk, so it is still recommended to receive a booster dose of rabies vaccine if there is a high risk of exposur...more

Normal range of rabies virus neutralizing anti body titre range between 6-12 iu/ml
it shows that you have some antibodies but not clinically significant.

Rabies spread only when there is some cut on hand or some injury on any part of body coming in contact with the same. It doesn't spread with the skin intact coming in contact with the saliva of dogs.

The important criterion is Monkey should be infected with Rabies. If so if any of the secretions of this infected monkey did enter your body i.e. under your skin as indicated by a scratch or bite resulting in bleeding wound. Since there was no such possibility in this case as described. You may safely ignore the incident.

If you are doing self medication for dog bite phobia you will be landing in problem. For every doubt genuine or imaginary always consult an experienced and qualified physician. Taking 5 doses of vero cell rabies vaccine taken under supervision of a qualified doctor on days 0, 3, 7, 14 and 28, you get immunity of two years. However to be on safer side if you get bite after 6 months of a confirmed rabies dog of or a bite of stray dog which cannot be identified for 10 days and causing severe injury...more

If you have taken 5 doses of Anti Rabies Vaccine on days 0, 5, 7, 14 and 28 and again a booster of two injections within 2 years of vaccination, you should take 2 injections every two years as prevention and 3 injections if there was a bite again. I think you have taken only 4 doses first time and gap of boosters was for more than two years. If the bite is by rabied animal or a stray animal to be on safer side it is advisable to take full dose of 5 injections this time. Other method is to examin...more