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Asked for male, 23 years old from Bhagalpur
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General Physician•Udaipur
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Hello lybrate-user, yes you can go for the vaccine. As far as research are considered there is no harmful reactions for this two jab given together
thanks.
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MBBS, PG Diploma in HIV Medicine

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Good day Mr. lybrate-user. As per the nrcp guidelines (national rabies control program, 2019)if you have taken complete vaccination after canine bite or scratch i.e 4 doses of intradermal or 5 doses of intramuscular. You may not need booster dose upto 3 months. After 3 months if there is re exposure with cat or dog with or without blood you only need to take booster dose on 0 and 3rd day. It is same even after 10 years of first complete rabies vaccination you only need booster i.e 2 doses is eno...more
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MBBS,MD(emergency medicine)

General Physician•Srinagar
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Covid is new disease and treatment is still under trial.
So we cannot comment on any thing as of now it has different variants and different variants come with different severity and response to medicines.
Asked for female, 20 years old from Kolkata
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General Physician•Delhi
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Rabies infection is caused by the rabies virus. The virus is spread through the saliva of infected animals. Infected animals can spread the virus by biting another animal or a person.
In rare cases, rabies can be spread when infected saliva gets into an open wound or the mucous membranes, such as the mouth or eyes. This could occur if an infected animal were to lick an open cut on your skin.
You should seek and immediate medical consultation if symptoms are persisting.
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Asked for male, 27 years old from Bangalore
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M.B;B.S, P.G.(FAMILY MEDICINE), D.O.H.

General Physician•Hyderabad
There is no treatment for RABIES
So you have to take Rabipur---total 6inj
Should not stop further inj
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General Physician•Ernakulam
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As per technical information available --immunity following a full course of anti-rabies vaccination is long standing--------in 97% of immune competent individuals ---------up to 3 to 10 years of protection is there. And additional doses are not typically needed except in very high risk. ------also high risk people may do blood test for rabies antibody and if it is not at satisfactory levels get booster anti rabies vaccination mobilehowever ,considering the cent percent mortality due to rabies d...more
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General Physician•Mysore
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Hello lybrate-user,
the way you are describing the wound is not clear,
if there is a scratch, I want to know if there is any abrasion, it will be better if you send me a pic so that I can see for myself.
Previously you got vaccinated 4 months ago, now if there is a scratch by an animal you will have to take anti rabies vaccine again. It is called as re-exposure prophylaxis.
Usually after 3 months of vaccination if there is a dogbite we recommend this re-exposure prophylaxis.
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General Physician•Cuttack
If you have taken 3 doses of pre exposure prophylaxis during the last five years, you need two doses of post exposure vaccine for protection against rabies
Asked for male, 19 years old from Chitrakoot
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General Physician•Ernakulam
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Rabies vaccine kept for more than 6 hours in outside atmosphere ---looses its potency and not good for use.mobilethe vaccine will not cause rabies disease ---but it is not good for use as anti-rabies vaccine.
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