What To Do After a Dog Bite? Here’s What Experts Suggest
2 years, 3 months ago

What To Do After a Dog Bite? Here’s What Experts Suggest

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Dog bites can severely affect your health if left untreated. Around 18,000 to 20,000 people die every year because of dog bites, according to WHO estimates. Top showsha video Rabies is one of the most common diseases that a person can get after being bitten by a dog. To treat a dog bite, injections of rabies and tetanus are the most viable solutions. An individual must take the first dose of the rabies injection within 24 hours from the dog bite.

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Dog bite cases remain a concern in Tamil Nadu
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Dog bite cases remain a concern in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

In 2023, two of the major government hospitals in the city – Government Stanley Medical College Hospital and Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital – treated at least 5,500 to 6,000 persons for dog bites. While the figures pertain to only two large centres in the city, a recent article published in Tamil Nadu Journal of Public Health and Medical Research …

‘Rabies will lead to fatality if not vaccinated on time’
2 years, 2 months ago

‘Rabies will lead to fatality if not vaccinated on time’

The Hindu  

Rabies, that commonly infects human beings through their pet dogs, will lead to fatality if not vaccinated on time and hence vaccination of both pet dogs and human beings when faced with dog bites is imperative, said Joint Director of Animal Husbandry, Tirunelveli and Tenkasi, V.P. After inaugurating anti-rabies vaccination special camps here on Wednesday on the occasion of World …

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