What to do if bitten by a dog
1. Wash the wound. Immediately flush the wound with running
water to flush the virus away as much as possible and squeeze the blood out. If possible, it is best to rinse with 20 percent soapy water for 20-30 minutes. Then disinfect with iodine, and then wash off the iodine with alcohol, and so on 3 times.
2. Immediately go to the local epidemic prevention department to get the vaccine, and it must not be delayed for a few days. The short incubation period of rabies is about 10 days, and the long one may take several years.
3. If the wound is severely bitten, be sure to inject antiviral serum and use it together with the vaccine. [View more]
What to do if scratched by a dog
1. If the patient is scratched by a dog very superficially, the local tissue is slightly damaged, and there is no active bleeding, at this time, hydrogen peroxide, active iodine, and normal saline should be given as soon as possible after the injury to completely debride the wound. Disinfection, sterile gauze bandage, and oral amoxicillin to strengthen anti-infective treatment, most patients can gradually scab and heal after 24-48 hours, without causing serious infection.
2. If the patient is deeply scratched by the dog, and the local tissue is accompanied by obvious redness, swelling, pain, and active bleeding, local debridement and suture should be performed with disinfection as soon as possible. Injecting rabies vaccine, strengthening wound dressing treatment, intravenous infusion of anti-inflammatory drugs such as cefamandol or cefmetazole to prevent infection, can effectively avoid the occurrence of rabies or incision infection, and can achieve good clinical results.
What to do if bitten by a cat
First of all, don’t panic. If the wound is not bleeding, you should clean the wound immediately. But the rabies virus is transmitted by blood. If you are bitten, the wound is not big and there is no blood. Just rinse with clean running water. Just apply some daily antibiotic ointment. But if the wound bleeds, that’s another story. When it is found that the wound is bleeding, the cat should be left clean at this time. If the wound is deep, it needs deep cleaning and rabies vaccine. [View more]
What to do if scratched by a cat
After being scratched by a cat, since it is uncertain whether the cat will carry the rabies virus, it is necessary to treat the scratched wound in time from a safety point of view. At the same time, the rabies vaccine should be injected in the shortest possible time. Thereby effectively preventing the occurrence of rabies. Because rabies virus can be carried on hair, but cats do not necessarily get sick after carrying rabies virus, so whether animals carry the virus cannot be judged from the appearance, and once animals carry rabies virus and scratch people, it may cause People are infected with rabies, so from a safety point of view, no matter whether the cat has rabies virus or not, as long as the human body is scratched, it is necessary to inject rabies vaccine as soon as possible to effectively prevent the occurrence of rabies. After all, there is no effective treatment for rabies. method, the mortality rate is almost 100 percent, and prevention is the most effective method.
What to do if the dog is bitten in a fight
If the dog’s bite is not serious, the owner can cut the hair around the wound first, and then use a cotton ball dipped in saline to scrub the wound. Then put an Elizabethan collar on the dog to prevent licking, and check the wound every day for healing. If your dog’s bite is severe, or if your dog has an unusual reaction, seek medical attention immediately. [View more]
What to do if a cat is bitten in a fight
It is also necessary to disinfect and treat the wound of the cat bitten by the same kind in time to prevent the wound from becoming infected and inflamed. For the wound of a cat bitten by a cat, if you do not know whether the bitten cat is carrying rabies virus or a cat that avoids the disease, you should also pay attention to taking the injured cat to vaccinate against rabies, so as to avoid serious consequences. [View more]