My mother was bitten by a stray dog this morning 6am... The doctor said its category 3 . She was given antirabis injection, and this 4pm she was injected with 6vials HRIG, is she safe now? Do we have to monitor the condition of the dog? Thank you very much....  From philippines
Hello, Welcome to Chat Doctor, Rabies is a disease which is transmitted by the dog, which is 100% fatal, but it is 100% preventable by proper and adequate treatment. As your mother WSS bit by a suspected rabid stray dog. As you have mentioned it is a Cat III bite it is necessary to take both the active and passive immunization with Antirabies vaccine and Antirabies serum respectively. As she was given both antirabies vaccine and antirabies serum, she has to complete all the doses of antirabies vaccine on days 0, 3, 7, 14 and 28. In addition to this she should be given In TT and antibiotic like tab Augmenting for 5 days will suffice the treatment. Think you.