Forgotten dog bite

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Forgotten dog bite

Author: Pediatric Oncall

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A 10 years old boy had a dog bite by a street dog a year ago. The boy did not inform his parents that he had a dog bite. A year later, he informed his parents about the dog bite. The street dog was not seen after a few days after the bite.

Should the child be given rabies vaccine now?

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Archana Naik Mudkhedkar

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yes being a dreadful disease with no confined incubation period we need to err on positive side

7 years ago

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zwabragi Joel

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yes give antirabbies vaccine

7 years ago

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Answer 1

The child had received rabies vaccines as prophylaxis 5 years ago. On checking his rabies antibody titres, they were in the protective range. Thus, he was not given the vaccine.

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