Types Of Human Rabies Vaccine

Since rabies is a 100% fatal disease once you are infected. So if you are bitten or scratched by a cat or dog, Human Rabies Vaccine should be administered as soon as you can. Usually there are two types of Rabies Vaccine (ID & IM) typed by the administration route. Regardless of which kind of vaccine, you have to receive the injection in a timely manner because once the symptoms are onset, your life is endangers.

During the vaccination period, you must pay attention to rest, keep in a light diet, do not drink alcohol, and do not exercise vigorously.

When you are bitten by a rabid animal, then rabies virus enters the wound from the infected saliva, rabies virus travels through the nerves to the spinal cord and brain, which can last approximately 3 to 12 weeks. When the virus reached the brain, the virus multiplies rapidly and passed to the salivary glands. Signs and symptoms begin to present. The death usually happens within 7 days of becoming sick. However, Rabies is a preventable viral disease by human rabies vaccine. The most important matter is to get the human rabies vaccine injected in time.

What is human rabies vaccine?

Although rabies is a 100% fatal disease, it is preventable by vaccines. Human rabies vaccine can protect the infected persons by triggering your immune system to produce antibodies. These special proteins can recognize foreign invaders, like viruses, and destroy them.