I was bitten by a puppy a few days ago, can I get rabies?

It can only be said that it may not matter if the puppy has been vaccinated or not, or how big your wound is. You should be vigilant, although the chance of getting rabies is small, but you are not afraid of 10,000, just in case. It is best for you to go to your local epidemic prevention station, consult with a doctor, and listen to the doctor's advice.

Doctors generally recommend that you receive the vaccine), I think it is better to receive the vaccine, buy a peace of mind! Satisfied.

It is possible If it is a dog with rabies virus, regardless of age Your wound has been bleeding, it is recommended that you have better inject serum You must know that if there is a trauma, even if you are licked by a dog, there will be a risk of rabies Because rabies has an incubation period, it cannot be seen in a short time, and your wound infection reaction should be an ordinary wound inflammation, and anti-inflammatory drugs are fine, but remember not to bandage the wound. Moreover, rabies is divided into manic type and quiet type, and the initial symptoms of the quiet type are not very obvious, so it is recommended that you go for rabies vaccination. Rabies, also known as hydrophobia, is a zoonotic acute infectious disease of the central nervous system caused by the rabies virus.

In addition to dogs, badgers, wolves, foxes, bats, raccoons, monkeys, rats, rabbits, cats, cows, pigs and other animals can carry the rabies virus. Humans are infected with rabies virus mainly through bites, scratches, or wounds that come into contact with the saliva, blood, urine, or even milk of sick animals that contain the virus. After the rabies virus enters the human body through the wound, it invades the central nervous system and finally causes the patient to die of respiratory and circulatory failure.

If left untreated, the disease will generally develop within 50 to 60 days. Rabies has an incubation period from infection to onset, which is as short as more than 10 days and as long as more than 1 year, generally in 1 or 3 months. It is generally believed that the closer the wound is to the head, the larger the wound surface, and the deeper the wound, the shorter the incubation period.

When rabies patients develop the disease, they often have low-grade fever, general malaise and fear, numbness, itching and persistent pain in the wound that has healed and its vicinity, the limbs feel like ants crawling, and soon appear excited, afraid of water, light, wind and other symptoms, 1 3 days later from excitement to paralysis, dyspnea, quadriplegia, and finally respiratory and circulatory failure death, from the onset to death rarely more than 6 days. Treat bitten or contaminated wounds. That is, the wound should be rinsed repeatedly with 20% soap and water for at least 20 minutes, and then disinfected several times with 75% alcohol or concentrated iodine wine.

At the same time, tetanus antitoxin or toxoid, antibiotics should be used to prevent tetanus infection and bacterial infection, as appropriate. The third is to do a good job of vaccination. After wound treatment, the human rabies vaccine should be injected in a timely manner (within 72 hours after being bitten), the vaccine is safe and effective, the first is small, and the protection rate is more than 99%.

At present, most hospitals use the 5-needle method, that is, 1 injection on the day and 1 injection on the day of the bite. To be on the safe side, anti-rabies immune globulin should be given at the same time as the vaccine to provide early protective antibodies, especially if the wound is in the head, neck, fingers, and other neurologically rich areas.