When summer comes, you should be more careful when walking your dog. Why? The weather is hot, everyone wears thin clothes, revealing their arms and legs, and children like to trick cats and dogs. Coupled with the sultry weather, it is easy to make animals fidgety and impulsive. If you accidentally bite, it is terrible to catch rabies.
Q: How dangerous is rabies?
A: the fatality rate is almost 100%
Rabies is an acute infectious disease caused by rabies virus, which will attack the central nervous system of people and animals.
The patient’s nerves are damaged, and he loses the swallowing function. When he hears the sound of water and wind, he will feel a sense of impending death similar to drowning, showing symptoms such as mania, fear, fear of wind and water, drooling, and muscle twitching all over the body. In the late stage, the muscle spasm stops and he enters a state of paralysis and coma.
The most terrible thing is that the fatality rate of rabies is almost 100%, and it usually dies within one week after onset. It is precisely because of this that the prevention of rabies is particularly important.
Q: Can only dogs infect rabies?
A: it is possible for mammals.
Theoretically, all mammals, including cats, dogs, foxes, weasels and bats, may be infected with rabies.
However, 95% of people’s rabies is caused by being bitten by dogs, and less than 5% is caused by being bitten by cats. Other animals are very rare case reports.
Q: can rabies lurk for more than ten years?
A: The incubation period of rabies virus is 1~3 months.
The World Health Organization has proved that the incubation period of rabies virus is 1~3 months, and the longest is 6 years.
99% of rabies always occurs within one year after being bitten, and it is rare to get sick again after more than one year. Therefore, if you don’t have symptoms for one year after being bitten by an animal, you can basically stop worrying.
Q: Nothing without broken skin?
A: Wipe it with alcohol right away.
In principle, as long as you are bitten, you should be vaccinated. If you don’t bite your skin, the probability of being infected will be relatively small.
However, whether the skin is broken or not can’t be judged by the naked eye alone. If you are not sure, you’d better rub it with alcohol at once. If you feel tingling, it means that your skin is damaged. You’d better go to the hospital for vaccination.
Need to be reminded that if the skin itself has a wound and has been licked by cats and dogs, it may also be infected. It is best to go to the hospital for vaccination.
Q: After being bittenWhat should I do?
A: Rinse with soapy water for 15 minutes.
Rabies virus is afraid of "alkali". After being bitten, it can be disinfected and the risk of rabies can be reduced by washing it with soapy water for 15 minutes in time.
If you really can’t find soapy water, washing with clear water can also have a certain effect.
But reducing the risk does not mean that rabies can be completely prevented, that is to say, after washing with soapy water, the vaccine can’t run away.
If the wound is big and deep, you must go to the hospital immediately.
Q: Must everyone be vaccinated immediately after being bitten?
A: If the animal is healthy, it can be observed for 10 days first.
If your cat and dog have been vaccinated for two years in a row, and it is because the animal was accidentally injured when playing normally, the animal looks healthy, and it is not necessary to inject rabies vaccine immediately after being bitten by a dog.
You can try the "10-day observation method" given by the World Health Organization first.
Because dogs or cats are infected with rabies within 3 to 5 days after onset or before onset, there is a risk of infection if they are caught and bitten during this period.
"10-day observation method" means that if the dog or cat is still very healthy 10 days after biting a person, it proves that the saliva of the biting dog or cat does not contain rabies virus at the time of the incident, and the danger is very small.
If cats and dogs are abnormal during the observation period, people need to get vaccinated in time. As long as people are not sick before the vaccine stimulates the body to produce enough immune antibodies, the vaccine can play a protective role.
Attention! ! ! There is a very important requirement for "10-day observation".
You must be very familiar with the usual situation of biting animals, and you can ensure close observation. Once the animals are abnormal, they can be implemented in time.
As mentioned just now, our cats and dogs have been vaccinated against rabies for two consecutive years. This situation can be observed first.
Or, although not vaccinated, there is good reason to think that animals can’t be infected with rabies.
For example, there have been no rabies cases in the area for several years, and our cats and dogs never go out and have no contact with other animals. This can ensure that animals cannot be infected, and we can adopt the 10-day observation method without vaccination first.
If it is impossible to ensure the health of animals, but it is very unlikely to judge that there is something wrong with animals, people can be vaccinated first after exposure. After 10 days, the injured animals are still healthy, and the vaccines that have not been finished after 10 days can be dispensed with.
If it is bitten by a stray animal or cannot be observed for other reasons, people must get rabies vaccine immediately. According to the exposure, the doctor decides whether rabies immunoglobulin is needed.
Q: Is it okay if your dog bites?
A: Those who have been vaccinated for two consecutive years can rest assured.
If your cats and dogs have been vaccinated against rabies for two consecutive years, the probability that they will be infected with rabies is relatively small, and the injury is only "accidental injury", and they still look healthy afterwards. In this case, the observation method can be used for 10 days without vaccination.
If your cat and dog have not been vaccinated against rabies, don’t take it lightly, because it may be risky for your cat and dog to be bitten by stray or wild animals when you are not paying attention. It is best for people to get a vaccine first, and at the same time carry out the "10-day observation method".
Q: bite your face and die faster?
A: Yes, the incubation period is shorter.
If you are bitten by an animal with rabies in the head, face or other parts with dense nerve distribution, the incubation period will be shorter and the onset will be faster.
So don’t rub your face against cats and dogs when you are not sure whether they are healthy or not. If a mad dog really bites, try to protect your head and face.
Q: I’ve been vaccinated. Do I still need to be vaccinated if I get bitten again?
A: You don’t need to be vaccinated again within three months.
After vaccination with rabies vaccine, that is, after 4 or 5 shots (depending on whether the course of vaccination is 4 or 5 shots), you will be bitten again within 3 months without repeated vaccination.
However, the exposure that has occurred for more than 3 months or within 3 months is a serious bite (level 3 exposure). It is best to go to the hospital for two shots of booster vaccine.
Q: The vaccine is not finished. Is there any preventive effect?
A: It still has a certain preventive effect.
As long as you have been vaccinated against rabies, you can have a certain preventive effect. It just doesn’t last as long as the whole vaccination.
Q: Can pregnant women get rabies vaccine?
A: yes.
Rabies vaccine has almost no contraindications, and all people can take it unless they are allergic to the vaccine. Even during pregnancy, if you are bitten by a suspected sick cat or dog, you should get rabies vaccine.
Q: Can you prevent rabies vaccine in advance?
A: Only special people need it.
Work requires frequent contact with animals, such as veterinarians, or people who are going to the wild in the near future, so it is necessary to take rabies vaccine in advance to prevent it.
Q: Where can I get a rabies vaccine?
A: Call the health hotline 12320.
Not all hospitals can be vaccinated against rabies. Call the health hotline 12320 to find the nearest medical institution that can be vaccinated.
Tie the dog leash and walk the dog in a civilized way. If you have any questions about rabies, ask the doctor ~
Source: Good Doctor Online (ID: haodf _ wx)
Producer: Li Daixiang
Editor: Guan Kailiang, Lu Yu
Internship: Lei Wenwen, Jiao Fengjiao
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