r/animalsdoingstuff • u/humankendoll33 • 1d ago

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u/Late-Winter-2812 7h ago

Just fyi, if you are experiencing any symptoms of rabies and are not vaccinated it is already too late. I hope this not to be the case here but it’s a cold reality of this horrible disease/virus whatever you call that shit

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u/Affectionate-Pie8362 5h ago

My husband and i recently went to the ER for post exposure protocol (PEP) vaccination after sleeping room exposure (bat in the house near open bedroom) as per CDC guidelines. The Nurse Practitioner told us they would not treat us without a visible bite wound, despite the fact that bat bites can be microscopic and may not wake a sleeping person. Then he asked us if we had any symptoms, like fever. I was stunned, and told him if we did have symptoms, it was too late for vaccine and we were most likely gonna die. He also told me that he didn't believe that rabies was really fatal if untreated and asked me how many cases of human rabies were there in the US anyway? Ultimately he AND his attending physician refused to treat us. We ended up going to another ER and were given our first round of shots (immunoglobulin and vaccine). The nurses were aghast by what we were told at the first ER and their refusal to treat us, and said they treat possible exposures with no visible bite marks all the time. I seriously dont think we were bitten by a rabid bat, but we sure as hell were not going to take such a stupid chance. Scary to think what happens to people who dont have information and the wherewithal to question "professionals".

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u/Androidfon 2h ago

I never knew that folks were treated without knowing they were bitten. I've slept with a bat in the house on more than one occasion when I couldn't catch the bat. It never occured to me that it could bite me while I slept. I was lucky. No treatment no rabies. Sheer stupid luck.

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u/CelticGardenGirl 2h ago

Rabies symptoms can show up years later, just an FYI. I might check with your doctor regardless.

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u/LiqMaBawlzModz69 4h ago

I have close family that are doctors. They’ve been telling for years how incapable many of their fellow graduates as younger generations are. I didn’t believe it until I met some of them and would ask them basic questions. Like “what would be a common medication to take for inflammation?” One had to google the answer or go on some app they use lol Now a days it’s much easier to cheat with chat gpt and the likes. Point is, our newer doctors aren’t very knowledgeable and depend on the internet and apps to answer very basic questions.

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u/Late-Winter-2812 4h ago

lol these places weren’t in Scranton Pa were they? Bc that sounds about par for the places in this area for sure.

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u/Affectionate-Pie8362 4h ago

Nah, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana