Patient's question:
Got bitten by a dog without any broken skin or bleeding, only four small purple marks, do I need a shot? I was bitten by the dog at my relative's house. At the time, because I was wearing two layers of clothes, the dog bit through the clothes, so there was no broken skin or bleeding, only purple marks. Many people said that without broken skin, there was no need for a shot, and we were a bit careless. But today when I went for a vaccination, I asked the doctor, and the doctor said I should get one.Doctor's answer:
The baby just has tooth marks, no broken skin, and it bit through the pants. There's no need for rabies vaccine. I don't recommend getting the rabies vaccine now. The rabies virus is usually present in the dog's saliva and enters the human bloodstream through the skin after a bite to transmit the infection. Your baby didn't even break the skin, so it's even less likely to enter the bloodstream. Besides, the chance of a normal dog carrying the virus is extremely low.