Human Rabies Vaccine Post Exposure

Initial symptoms are paresthesia or tingling at the bite site, followed by low-grade fever, lethargy, anxiety, agitation, and restlessness. Fear of wind and water, drinking water or hearing the sound of water can cause muscle spasms in the throat, difficulty swallowing, and painful symptoms, so rabies is also known as "hydrophobia".

As the virus spreads in the central nervous system, it develops a fatal progressive inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.

Then the following two situations may occur. Symptoms in manic rabies are hyperactivity, restlessness, fear of water, and sometimes wind. The patient died of cardiopulmonary failure a few days later.

The wound should be treated in a timely and correct manner, strictly disinfected, the risk of the wound should be assessed. Then Rabies Vaccine should be vaccinated according to the results. Five-dose rabies vaccine should be carried out on D 0-3-7-14-28 respectively. The vaccination site: adults are injected intramuscularly in the deltoid muscle of the upper arm, and for children, it is recommended to inject the vaccine into the muscle at anterolateral thigh. During the vaccination period, you must pay attention to rest, keep in a light diet, do not drink alcohol, and do not exercise vigorously.