Dog Bite Without Bleeding: Do You Need Shots?

事实上, if you have medicated wine at home, using it to clean and disinfect a wound can be quite effective. If you don't have medicated wine, alcohol can also be used as an alternative. Additionally, you can visit professional rabies vaccination clinics to inquire about the necessity of vaccination.

About Rabies Understanding:

1. Healthy pets do not carry the rabies virus; "viral" refers to the "infectious" nature of the virus.

2. The rabies virus is a virus that primarily attacks the brain cells of animals. Animals infected with rabies will exhibit symptoms that are usually very noticeable and easy to identify. The saliva of an infected animal carries a toxicity and is contagious. If bitten by an animal infected with rabies, it is crucial to receive the rabies vaccine immediately.

3. Dogs typically only become infected with rabies after they have begun to show symptoms of the disease. If a rabid animal bites a person, there is a risk of transmitting the rabies virus through its saliva. In such cases, the owner should undergo rabies prevention vaccination.

4. Given that dogs, cats, and other warmblooded animals die 100% within 3 to 5 days after the onset of rabies (with rare cases reported to die after 8 days), the period of infectivity is only during the last 3 to 5 days before death. If you are bitten, there is a risk of infection. However, if you are bitten by a dog or cat that remains healthy for 10 days without showing signs of rabies, you do not need to worry, as the bite was not infectious. (This 10day period is an extended safety observation period specified by the World Health Organization.)

5. If you are bitten by a warmblooded animal, such as a dog with symptoms of illness or abnormal behavior compared to a healthy dog, you should seek the rabies vaccine as soon as possible after the bite. Monitor the condition of the biting animal, and if it remains healthy for 10 days, you can stop the rabies vaccine injections, as it can be concluded that you have not been infected with rabies.

6. Rabies has an incubation period. Research suggests that it typically lasts from 20 days to 2 months, with the longest reported case being 6 years. However, the World Health Organization has expressed skepticism about longer incubation periods, as there is no evidence of such cases worldwide. Moreover, infectious disease experts believe that these cases may be misdiagnosed or caused by reinfection due to secondary exposure.

Tip: For more information on being bitten by dogs, click on "What to Do If You're Bitten by a Dog" to learn more.