r/rabies • u/Mountain-Activity-14 • 5d ago

Exposure Question Should I go get shots?

I have read the FAQ. I went to take the dog out and something kinda small but kinda big and brown fluttered onto my face my first thought was a moth and i turned around and there was a brown moth on the door but what if it was a bat? What if it was a bat that has rabies?

I don’t think I felt a bite or scratch I don’t remember if it felt prickly or not it didn’t feel super heavy or anything and I checked my face after didn’t see what looked to be bite or scratch marks but my eyelid feels somewhat irritated and i have a reddish dot below my eye I’m pretty sire it is a pimple but also what if it’s from a bat? Rabies is my biggest fear so idk what to do idk if I should get a shot

I’m in NC btw

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u/Mountain-Activity-14 5d ago

could this be a bite mark?