What to do if bitten by a dog

1. Emergency treatment after dog bites

1) Clean the wound. After being bitten by a dog, regardless of whether there is bleeding or not, you should immediately wash the wound directly with soapy water (20% soapy water) for at least 20 minutes to wash away as much viruses as possible that may enter the wound. For serious bites, you should go to the hospital immediately.

2) Disinfection. After flushing, immediately use iodophor (try not to use iodine that may damage the skin and mucous membranes) or 75% alcohol or 2% to 3% iodine to wipe the inside and outside of the wound and surrounding skin, perform local disinfection, and kill as much as possible Rabies virus may enter the wound.

3) Go to the local health and epidemic prevention department or hospital quickly for rabies vaccination, and infiltrate the muscles around the wound with rabies globulin or serum to neutralize the rabies virus. In principle, rabies globulin or serum injection is necessary for tertiary wound skin lesions, but the specific situation is hospital-specific treatment.

4) Inject rabies vaccine. After being bitten, the rabies vaccine should be injected as soon as possible. In principle, it is best to vaccinate within 24 hours. However, in actual clinical practice, rabies vaccination has a proactive preventive effect on people before potential onset of illness. Rabies vaccine needs to be administered intramuscularly on days 0 (the day of the first injection), 3, 7, 14, and 28 days after exposure.

2. Selection of rabies vaccine

Currently, there are two vaccines designated for use in China. One is imported vaccines. One is a domestically produced vaccine. The price difference between the two vaccines is nearly double. The imported price is 69 yuan per piece. So 5 sticks are almost 350 yuan. The price of domestically produced vaccines is 43 yuan each. The price for 5 pieces is 215 yuan. In fact, there is no difference in effectiveness between the two vaccines. The only difference is the frequency of adverse reactions. The occurrence rate of domestically produced products is slightly higher than that of imported products, just a little bit. Even adverse reactions are not serious. Therefore, when choosing a vaccine, everyone can choose according to the situation. But I actually don’t think imported ones are necessarily good.

Tips:

1. Invalid statement after 24 hours

Many people say that the rabies vaccine must be administered within 24 hours, otherwise it will be ineffective.

I checked all the information on the Internet and did not see any time limit for the use of rabies vaccine. Later, I found the answer on a homemade vaccine website. The earlier the vaccine is administered, the better it is and the more likely you are to be protected. What if it exceeds 24 hours? Don't worry, your doctor will recommend doubling the dose for your first injection, i.e. 1 to 2. One injection is actually two doses, and of course the price is double. So, no matter how long ago you were bitten by a dog, as long as you don’t have the first symptoms of rabies, get vaccinated. Do not assume that the injection will take longer than 24 hours. Remember that the mortality rate from rabies is 100%.

2. Can you get rabies if bitten by a dog?

Not necessarily. According to statistics, some scholars have found that only 30% to 70% of people who are bitten by dogs or other animals without taking any preventive measures will develop the disease.

3. Foods not to be eaten after being bitten by a dog

1) Avoid alcohol and coffee. Both can stimulate nerve excitement, induce manic episodes in patients, and aggravate the condition.

2) Avoid salty, cold and sweet foods. Salty and cold foods such as pickles, salty turtles, etc. can cause coughing, which is not conducive to the patient's tranquility and aggravates the symptoms; sweet and greasy foods, such as snacks, cakes, wheat, etc., can also make the spleen and stomach unlucky, aggravate the cough, and is not conducive to the patient's tranquility. , all of which will aggravate the symptoms and should be avoided.

3) Avoid eating spicy food. Spicy foods such as pepper, pepper, mustard; spicy foods such as mutton, dog meat and other irritating foods can aggravate the condition.

How to train a dog not to bite (correct the dog’s bad habit of biting)

1. The situation of biting the owner< /p>

Allowing a dog to bite at its owner will develop a bad habit of biting people. It should be warned in time that biting is wrong. Even small breeds have sharp teeth that are very dangerous to their owners, and their bad habit of biting must be eliminated as soon as possible. After your dog bites, you should scold it immediately, hold its chin and scold it, or roll a magazine into a tube and knock it on the floor or make loud noises to scare it. These are all very effective methods. After the scolding, the dog will calm down when it is frightened. At this time, it should be praised well.

2. Bite a stranger

Sometimes dogs will bite out of caution or fear when seeing strangers. At this time, you can ask your friends for help and train the dog to get used to contact with strangers. First, with the help of friends, eliminate the dog's fear of outsiders. When letting a friend feed the dog food, let the dog see the food being handed to the friend from the owner, so that the dog can understand that this person is trusted by the owner and is not a dangerous person. After eating the food fed by a friend, the two of them praise it together, so that it can gradually get used to contact with strangers.