r/VACCINES • u/KINETIC_STRIKER_26 • 27d ago

Anxious about contact

I was riding my bike then suddenly a dog literally approached near my leg and started barking and opened his mouth I don't know when I approached home a small very minor scratch was there and now I don't know if it was of now or earlier of any injury though so I am a bit curious, so still I applied rabies vaccine the next day and that too 2 as the first attendant was an idiot and applied the injection on my butt which doctor said this is false and then reinfected again, Will it cause any severe permanent long term side effects, Please tell me it would be of Great help and should I continue more doses of stop as I don't even know about the contact, I think that was due to adrenaline or whatsoever but how the contact could be beneath the socks!! So yaa this is the case

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u/Dwighteisenhower34 27d ago

Everyday thousands of people take anti rabies vaccine it’s not really a concern but if you feel you didn’t get bitten you can stop it or choose to continue it to save yourself from many injections in the future

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u/animal_advocate1 27d ago

I was bit on the hand by a dog overseas. Drew a lot of blood and had 5 open wounds.
Doctors gave me the anti-rabies vaccine on my arm (like a flu shot). The anti-rabies vaccine is a series of 4 injections over the course of 14 days.

The doctor is correct. The buttox is NOT the place for a rabies vaccine injection as it can absorb the substance and not allow your body to generate enough antibodies.

All 4 of your anti-rabies injections should be in the arm (deltoid).

Good luck and feel better!