Patient's question:
Recently, I don't know why I've been having high fever that won't go down. I went to the hospital for a check-up, and they said it's a viral infection. What kind of infectious disease did I get? Can I be treated without getting a tetanus shot?Doctor's answer:
If you are bitten by a dog, you need to get the rabies vaccine within a limited time, generally no more than 24 hours. The earlier, the better. Even for health checks, you should get the rabies vaccine because it can effectively prevent the recurrence of rabies. Once a person is infected with the rabies virus, the mortality rate is quite high, and it is very difficult to alleviate. It does not interfere much with health checks. The incubation period of the rabies virus is very long, lasting over twenty years. You cannot have such a thought that you don't need to get vaccinated.