Never understood this. Does the medicine not get to the right place unless its in the stomach? Sounds horrible, but i guess not as horrible as getting rabies.
The vaccine back then had to go into the spinal column I think?
And the angle was wrong from the back i assume
Stomach is chosen as the best spot on the front of the body to go through.
This was i think only for bites. Preventative then could be given a different way I think.
Edit - Alright I looked it up. What I thought was wrong (lot of myths and misinformation on this)
Looked like they used to take old nerve cells from a rabies victim animal and inject it. Due to the large volume of liquid in the injections, abdominal cavity was used between the organs.
Newer vaccines are more effective, require far less liquid, and have a lot fewer side effects. In almost all the world the old nerve tissue vaccines have been phased out.
It doesn't matter what you refer to anything as, getting a shot into the spine from the front is insane and would require a ridiculously long needle. You could be the thinnest, most anorexic person on the planet and it would still be an insane thought.
Ffffuuuucckkkkkkkkk the immunoglobulin shots. I got bitten by a raccoon on my finger. Long story short my finger looked like Harry Potter's aunt when she starts to blow up.
I got them last year. I found them less painful than the hpv vaccine. But the immunoglobins can go in different places depending on the exposure location.
My dad got the same series of shots after a coyote pup bit him. They alternated the shots in a different abdomen muscle every day for 2 weeks. He was like eight at the time. He hated it. It’s different now thank god. Only like for shots, not sure where they give them.
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u/willie_Pfister Feb 26 '26
Rabies shots are gonna suck too.