What should I do if I am bitten by a hamster, what should I do if I am bitten by a hamster?

After being bitten by a hamster and bleeding, the first thing to do is to treat the wound in time. Use 20% soapy water or benzalkonium bromide solution to rinse the wound thoroughly, squeeze out the dirty blood for half an hour, and rinse thoroughly. Rub the local wound with 2% iodine or 75% alcohol, and the wound is generally not suitable for suturing or bandaging, so as to drain and drain blood.

If the wound is deep, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time to get the tetanus vaccine to prevent tetanus.

Although hamsters generally do not carry rabies virus, rabies is considered to be a fatal disease, with a case fatality rate of 100%. The probability of infection with rabies in captive hamsters is relatively small, but it is difficult to ensure that there are wild hamsters sold on the market, and wild hamsters have the opportunity to carry rabies virus. For the sake of safety, it is recommended to receive five doses of rabies vaccine in time, and it is generally recommended to receive one dose of rabies vaccine on 0, 3, 7, 14, and 28 days.

In addition, one month after being bitten by a hamster, it is necessary to closely monitor for symptoms such as fever, headache, body aches, conjunctival injection, rash, cough, dyspnea, hemoptysis, etc. If you have the above symptoms, you need to go to the infectious disease department to see a specialist doctor in time, and the specialist doctor will judge whether you are infected with rat bite fever, plague and other diseases.

It depends on the wound, if there is no bleeding, wash it with water, or wash it with soap. If you are not sure, you can apply alcohol afterwards.

If there is bleeding, squeeze out a little blood first, and then wash it with alkaline solution.

If you are bitten by a hamster, you need to go to the epidemic prevention department to get vaccinated, and the vaccines and immune proteins need to be shot.

After being bitten by a hamster, it is necessary to vaccinate, because hamsters may carry some viruses, especially hantavirus, which is easy to cause renal syndrome, hemorrhagic fever, and hamsters may carry a certain amount of rabies virus.

If a person is bitten by a hamster, there is a certain chance of contracting rabies, and it is very serious at this time. Therefore, after being bitten by a hamster, it is necessary to pay attention to it, and it is necessary to go to the hospital in time to receive relevant hemorrhagic fever vaccines, in addition to rabies vaccination. This is because the case fatality rate of hemorrhagic fever is very low, only about 3%, and the rabies vaccine is very dangerous.

At present, there is no specific medicine for rabies, and if you have a rabies attack, you will basically die.

If you are bitten by a hamster and need to be vaccinated.