Rabies vaccine side effects, how much do you know about rabies vaccine?

If you are accidentally bitten by a dog, you must get a rabies vaccine. However, how much do you know about the rabies vaccine before the injection? Do you know what the side effects of the rabies vaccine are? Knowing the side effects of the rabies vaccine during its validity period or when to get the rabies vaccine can reduce the harm.

After the injection of rabies vaccine, the side effects of rabies vaccine are still quite obvious. Generally, if this happens, the body will have relatively mild local and systemic reactions, which can also be relieved on their own. Occasionally, a rash will appear. If there are more serious side effects such as immediate allergic reactions, neurogenic subcutaneous edema, urticaria, etc., symptomatic treatment can be given.

Post-bite prevention . 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 (1st day, the day of injection), 3 (4th day, and so on), 7, 14, and 30. The dosage for children is the same. 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 at the same time as the vaccine is injected on day 0, anti-rabies serum (40 IU/kg body weight) or rabies immunoglobulin (20 IU/kg body weight) should be used to infiltrate the bite site and inject intramuscularly. Anyone who uses anti-rabies serum or immunoglobulin in combination must get 2 to 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, patients with chronic diseases such as cirrhosis, immunodeficiency, taking immunosuppressive drugs, the elderly, severe malnutrition, or immunization started 48 hours after a bite, the vaccine dose should be increased by 2 to 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. The World Health Organization recently re-recommended that antiserum should be used for bites that break the skin in any part of the body.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t know the side effects of rabies vaccine. After reading the above introduction, I believe everyone has some understanding of the side effects of rabies vaccine. I hope that after receiving the rabies vaccine, if any physical discomfort occurs, you must actively seek diagnosis and treatment to avoid harm.