Hi Doctor, i got bitten by rat on left foot at little finger on 10th Feb night ,It was bleed and i washed it and applied soframycin and i got vaccinated on 11th Feb morning.... but i dont know which vaccine dose doctor gave me ....as of now i dont see any bad effects of rat bite apart from swelling around wound...do i need to confrim from doctor with which dose i have been vaccinated?do i need to go under any vaccine course after bitten by rat?Can i apply soframycin on wound site till it get healed?
Rat rabies has been reported, but it is extremely rare. It is not necessary to take rabies prophylaxis in bite cases by house rats. However, rabies prophylaxis can be taken when bitten by wild rats. One dose of the rabies vaccine is administered on days 0, 3, 7, 14 and 30 intramuscularly into the deltoid region. Mostly your doctor must have given Tetanus vaccine if it was single dose. You can confirm from your doctor. If rat was domestic then there is no need to take rabies prophylaxis. Only wound care is need:For this you can take amoxicillin 500 mg every eight hours for 3 days Wash the wound with Betadine three times daily can apply tobramycin cream locally every 8 hours for few days rat was wild then you have to take rabies prophylaxis also. Thanks