Patient's question:
A child's clothes have been bitten and the skin is broken. Do they need a vaccine? There is no bleeding and it hasn't been treated. I want to know the level of risk.Doctor's answer:
Rabies is a disease caused by a neurotropic virus. This virus primarily accumulates in the patient's nervous tissue, salivary glands, and saliva. It is recommended that you should be anesthetized within 24 hours. Currently, there is no effective treatment for this disease, so prevention should be the main focus. If a person or animal is bitten, they should immediately receive rabies vaccination. The bitten area should be disinfected by thoroughly washing the bitten area with soap water and applying iodine, then completing the full course of rabies vaccination.