World Rabies Day 2024 is on Saturday, September 28, 2024: Rabies volunteer organizations?

Saturday, September 28, 2024 is World Rabies Day 2024.

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World Rabies Day

Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Could it be rabies??????????PLEASE HELP!!!?

It depends where you live. In the western world rabies has pretty much vanished. The dog must be watched over a period of 10 days, if he is not dead by then it means he didn't have rabies. Also his owner or vet should know if he is vaccinated etc. If you don't know where the dog is any more, you can a. consult the local hospital, who will know if there is a possibility of rabies in the area.

b. hope for the best, but get antibiotics for a few days as a precaution against other bacteria (the pain and swelling is normal after a bite anyway).

c. get a shot for rabies, according to the hospital instructions always, but that has a lot of side effects, and it is probably useless, because the dog probably had no rabies. It really depends where you live and how well you expect the dog to have been vaccinated. I was bitten, but I had no rabies shot, because i live in Greece and there is no rabies here. Plus, I am not sure if I understood, but it sounds like your mum was not even wounded? No cut? If the dog's saliva didn't get in touch with her blood (if the skin was not torn at all), there is no problem anyway.

ATTENTION: DON'T CALL THE POLICE OR ANYTHING, IF THEY TAKE THE DOG FOR TESTING THE ONLY WAY TO TEST IS KILLING THE DOG, WHICH IS WRONG BECAUSE IF THEY KILL IT YOU DON'T KNOW IF HE WOULD HAVE DIED OF RABIES (WHICH HE PROBABLY WOULDN'T), SO YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE INFECTED UNTIL VERY LATE, SO THEY MAKE YOU TAKE THE SHOT TOO. SO IT IS BEST IF YOU KNOW THE DOG TO JUST KEEP AN EYE ON HIM FOR 10 DAYS.

Rabies control?

Yes! Rabies is a neglected, under-reported disease, with a case fatality rate of 100%. Over 50% of the victims are children less than 15 years of age and belong to the poorer segment of the community. None of these deaths need have occurred as rabies is 100% preventable and all of the tools required to prevent rabies are currently available.

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