Okay so I must start with why I started having anxiety regarding rabies.

Last Tuesday I was picking up trash outside my house, and I noticed some empty meat containers (from the supermarket) were on the ground, as if an animal took them out and probably tried to eat something out of it. I live in a big city so I’ve only seen cats outside my garden a few times, they seemed pretty normal cats, so most likely they did that mess.

I decided to pick them up with my bare hand but after I did it I remembered I had a small wound due to me bitten nails (I bite them due to anxiety) and I thought some of that liquid (the containers have sponges for the blood in the food) touched my wound because it felt weird after I picked it up. I assumed that the cats were liking those trays that were on the floor so their saliva was on it and in that sponge, and probably they were on my open wound (a small one) so I immediately washed my hands and wound and applied alcohol to them.

I started to get worried about the cats having rabies or something like that, so I must have the virus and should take the vaccine for it. But I talk about it to my girlfriend which is studying medicine and told me not to worry about it. She also asked a nurse that she knows and she said the same.

Right now I’m trying to relaxed, but I am afraid of having that virus and not doing anything about it. Should I go to the doctor? In my country we haven’t had rabies from dogs and cats since 16 years ago and the cats were looking for food which would be weird if they had rabies, so I think it’s only anxiety. But I always think “what if it’s not and I should get a vaccine?”

What do you guys think I should do?