How to deal with being bitten by a Brussels Griffon? After being bitten by a dog, after emergency treatment, you have to go to the hospital to get a rabies vaccine. So what is the correct way to treat the wound?

How to treat the wound after being bitten by a dog

First, the wound should be washed thoroughly. First rinse thoroughly with 3%-5% soapy water or clean water. If the wound is deep, you must insert a syringe into the wound for irrigation and cleaning. All dog saliva should be removed as much as possible. The time should be half an hour. Secondly, apply the medicine correctly. Some patients think that the wound is not big and they can just apply some red or purple liquid at will. This is wrong. The correct method is to scrub the wound with alcohol or iodine after rinsing. Wound treatment should be completed as soon as possible. Even if it is 1-2 days or even 3-4 days late, do not neglect the treatment of the wound. If the wound has scabs at this time, remove the scabs and treat it according to the above method. Third, remember that wounds should not be bandaged or sutured, and the wound should be exposed as much as possible. If bandaging and suturing are necessary (such as excessive bleeding), ensure that the wound has been thoroughly cleaned and disinfected and anti-rabies serum has been injected. If the head and neck, fingers or bites are severe, anti-rabies serum or rabies immune globulin needs to be injected around and at the bottom of the wound.

What are the symptoms after being bitten by a dog

The incubation period from a person bitten by a rabid dog to the onset of disease is 10 days to 1 year, usually 1 to 2 months. The length of the incubation period depends on the amount and virulence of the virus. In the first 2 to 4 days of the onset, symptoms include headache, low-grade fever, and general discomfort, much like a cold. The wound area is numb and itchy. Then enters the excitement period, the patient is excited, frightened, sweats, salivates, and has difficulty urinating. After 1 to 3 days of this, the patient will enter the paralysis stage. After 6 to 18 hours, it can become life-threatening. Rabies can be diagnosed based on the history and typical symptoms of being bitten by a mad dog. After a person is bitten by a rabid dog, the symptoms can range from 10 days to 1 year or even several years. Most patients develop symptoms within 1 to 2 months. They begin to have a horrible feeling of general discomfort, and then turn to excitement and mania. The allergy is so obvious that even opening a window for ventilation will cause muscle spasms throughout the body. Patients salivate a lot and are highly hydrophobic. They initially dare not drink water, and then dare not see water. Or when they hear the sound of water or even think of water, they will have strong throat muscle spasm and whole body convulsions, and may also cause Severe pain in the throat and eventually death from respiratory paralysis and cardiac insufficiency. A few patients have no symptoms of hydrophobia. They have high fever, headache, nausea and vomiting at the onset, and pain in the healed parts. Respiratory muscle paralysis soon occurs. At this time, the muscles relax, the mandible drops, breathing is uneven, reflexes disappear, and the pupils The disease spreads rapidly, leading to death from heart failure and respiratory failure.