I drank alcohol while getting the rabies vaccine

Although dogs are human beings' most loyal friends, they are also relatively dangerous animals. Sometimes people may be bitten by dogs accidentally. For the sake of their own safety, they must go to the hospital immediately to get rabies vaccine. After all, rabies is still a relatively serious disease and may be fatal, so rabies vaccine is very necessary. There are some taboos during the rabies vaccination process, such as not drinking alcohol. What should you do if you drink alcohol during the rabies vaccination?

You cannot drink alcohol during the rabies vaccination period. This is because tobacco, alcohol, and certain irritating foods such as chili, garlic, ginger, coffee, seafood, strong tea, etc. are all irritating or sensitizing substances that can stimulate or interfere with the body's normal immune response after vaccination, and may interfere with the production of antibodies and affect the immune effect.

Alcohol and other substances may also accelerate the speed of rabies virus nerve migration and shorten the incubation period, so you should not drink alcohol.

However, you drank alcohol between the 3rd and 4th injections. Through the first 3 injections, there are already certain antibodies in the body, and the last two injections are booster injections, so drinking at this time will have less impact on the immune effect than the first 3 injections.

In addition, be careful not to use corticosteroids (prednisone, flumethasone, etc.) and immunosuppressants. Because these drugs can interfere with the production of antibodies after vaccination.

To ensure the immunization effect, go to the hospital on an empty stomach and draw 2 ml of blood around 15 days after the full course of rabies vaccination to test whether antibodies have been produced. If the blood test result is positive, it means antibodies have been produced, indicating that the vaccination is effective. If antibodies are not produced, two more shots of the vaccine will be given and blood will be tested again until antibodies are produced.

Dangers of drinking alcohol during rabies vaccination:

1. It can affect the immune effect of antibodies. If you drink alcohol during this period, alcohol will have adverse effects and can destroy the components of the vaccine, thereby accelerating the speed of rabies virus nerve movement, thereby shortening its incubation period, and greatly reducing the antibody effect of the vaccine.

2. It may aggravate adverse reactions. For people who receive rabies vaccines, some adverse reactions will occur. This is mainly due to the inherent characteristics of the vaccine itself. For example, it may cause redness or mild induration at the injection site, or itching, swelling and other reactions. Generally, the symptoms will disappear on their own within 24 to 48 hours, but if you drink alcohol during the rabies vaccine injection, it may aggravate the adverse reactions and may also cause symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, and vomiting.

3. It can irritate the wound. Drinking alcohol during rabies vaccination will irritate the wound and be detrimental to its healing because alcohol is quite irritating.