Is rabies transmission possible after being bitten by a pet dog?
Patient: Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Pl ease type your query here...hello doctor i get a bite before 6 days from my puppy who has 3 months old and i didn t make any rabies shot and my dog did receive his vaccin in the same day of the bite (before 5 hours of the bite )..do i still have any risk Doctor: Hello, Thnx to contact us. If I am your treating doctor I would like to advice you that receiving shot just 5 hours before the bite will not immunize the dog. There is a little chance of you get rabies, because puppy is unvaccinated before five day. To develop immune effect vaccine shot approximately requires 15 days. Proper wound care immediately after bite is necessary to reduce the chance of getting rabies, if you have taken proper wound care than need to take vaccine is reduced. But mind well there is a little chance still remains if you do not take the vaccine. In other case if you take vaccine, you are safe from the rabies. So in my advice you should start with the vaccine shots. If you have anything else to ask please contact me. Thanx. Dr. Arun Tank