I am a 26 year old male from India and I was being badly scratched on both my lower arms by a 8 month old not imunised street cat which I kept for 4 months. Yesterday I got a another small scratch from her on my neck . I got her treated for foam vomiting and direa then she was fine. But I never got her vaccinated until yesterday. Then I let her go. Are there any chances of me getting rabies. Last week I got a mild  swelling in my tongue my left eye had also swollen up even my right eye was starting to swell up. I went and took a tettinis injection and showed my eyes to a eye doctor. Now the swelling in tongue is gone. The swelling in my eyes are also much better. Today I took one vaccination against rabies. The particulars of the bill say that I took one VAXIRAB amount-338.00 and INJ.GIVING CHARGE amount-5.00. I plan to complete the remaining three doses that they have sheduled for me they are on 11, 14 and 21 of may. Please I just want to know wheter I am safe. Are these vaccinations safe and sufficient for me.
Hello. I can understand your concern. The incubation period of Rabies in humans i.e. the time taken from the virus to enter the body and produce symptoms can vary from anywhere between 1 week to 3-4 weeks. The same incubation period in cats is lesser i.e. from 1 day to a couple of weeks. Once the virus enters the body, the disease progression is very fast and death may occur within 10 days to 2 weeks. Since you have been scratched by your immunized pet over a period of 4 months, it rules out rabies infection in your cat as she did not show any symptoms during this period like aggressiveness or decreased activity. Another very common symptom of rabies is HY Chat Doctor. e. fear of water which from the information you provided, was absent. Hence, the chances of your cat transmitting the infection to you is also ruled out. Rabies virus mainly affects the nervous system and initial symptoms include pain at the bite site, generalized muscle aches, etc. which may rapidly progress to serious symptoms like change in behavior, aggressiveness, mental changes, HY