When should the rabies vaccine be given?

In life, as people's quality of life improves, many people like to keep pets to enrich their own fun, but often at these times it is easy to be infected with rabies virus, so you must know the injection time of rabies vaccine.

When should rabies vaccine be given?

1. Prevention after bite

For general bites, i.e. mild abrasions, scratches or licks on broken skin without bleeding, one ampoule of the vaccine should be injected on days 0 (day 1, the day of injection), 3 (day 4, and so on), 7, 14, and 30.

For severe bites, in addition to injecting the vaccine as described above, double the dose of vaccine should be injected on days 0 and 3, and anti-rabies serum should be used at the same time as the vaccine on day 0. Anyone who uses anti-rabies serum or immunoglobulin in combination must get 2-3 booster shots of vaccine after the full course of vaccination is completed, i.e., one booster shot each on the 15th, 75th day, or the 10th, 20th, and 90th day after the full course of vaccination.

In the seven situations where people have been injected with anti-rabies serum one day before vaccination, chronic patients such as those with cirrhosis, immunodeficiency, taking immunosuppressive drugs, the elderly, severe malnutrition, or those who start immunization 48 hours after a bite, the vaccine dose should be increased by 2-3 times during the initial vaccination and injected in different parts of the body to achieve a better immune effect. In addition, although some injuries are minor, the amount of invading virus is large or the nerve-rich areas are damaged, which may result in a short incubation period and cases where vaccination alone is ineffective.

2. No bite prevention

For healthy people who have not been bitten, three injections can be given at 0, 7 and 21 days. Give a booster shot one year later, and then another booster shot every 1-3 years thereafter.

The effective period of rabies vaccine: After the human rabies vaccine is injected and antibodies are produced, its immunity is effective for 6 months. These 6 months mean that if you are bitten by a dog again within 6 months after the injection, you do not need to be vaccinated.