Quite a few people have died Miso I think it was 17 the last I heard but may well have increased now.
Hi Noodles,
Hope everything came good of your dog bite/rabies treatment in Kuta/Legian.
Quite pathetic that something like this could happen in one of the busiest area's of a major international tourist destination. Balinese priorities bewilder me sometimes....... :roll:
Hope everything came good of your dog bite/rabies treatment in Kuta/Legian.
Quite pathetic that something like this could happen in one of the busiest area's of a major international tourist destination. Balinese priorities bewilder me sometimes....... :roll:
Miso,
I'll pay that!!
I'll reword shall I.
"Balinese priorities bewilder me. Sometimes I'm surprised."
Better??? :twisted: :twisted: 8)
I'll pay that!!
I'll reword shall I.
"Balinese priorities bewilder me. Sometimes I'm surprised."
Better??? :twisted: :twisted:
8)
Mr(?) nimisandoroz
I think you're on the wrong website for your "cubefield project" - if not, you're definitely in the wrong thread here.
Unless you've caught rabies, that is.
If so, I suggest you seek medical attention as soon as possible and forget about computer games.
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I think you're on the wrong website for your "cubefield project" - if not, you're definitely in the wrong thread here.
Unless you've caught rabies, that is.
If so, I suggest you seek medical attention as soon as possible and forget about computer games.
:shock:
Possibly. The virus needs an entry point to your body. Any cuts or scratches you have that are licked by a rabid animal is an entry point. If a rabid animal bites you, it makes its own entry point. Got any scratches inside your mouth, on your tongue, lips, etc? The rat's saliva in the mango might be able to infect you that way.
Why would you eat a mango with rats on it in the first place (rabid or otherwise)?
:cry:
Here is the link to the latest story I have seen on rabies.
Radio Australia:Connect Asia:Story:Bali authorities failing to control rabid dogs
Radio Australia:Connect Asia:Story:Bali authorities failing to control rabid dogs
Quoted in Bali Updates of March 1, 2010,
First of all, the wound cleansing is most important in rabies prevention since, it has been shown that wound cleansing alone, without other post-exposure prophylaxis, markedly reduces the likelihood of rabies. Tetanus prophylaxis should also be administered if you have not been immunized in ten years.
Second, for persons who have never been vaccinated against rabies previously, post-exposure anti-rabies vaccination should always include the administration of BOTH the combination of human rabies immune globulin (HRIG) and vaccine for both bite and non-bite exposures.
Rabies Immune Globulin
Human rabies immune globulin (HRIG) is administered only once, at the beginning of anti-rabies prophylaxis, in order to provide immediate antibodies until they responds to the vaccine by actively producing antibodies of their own.
Rabies Vaccine
A regimen of FOUR, 1-mL doses of HDCV vaccines should be administered intramuscularly. The first dose of the four-dose course should be administered as soon as possible after exposure. Additional doses should be administered on DAYS 3, 7, and 14 after the first vaccination. Please note that a fifth dose on Day 28 used to be administered until recently, but is no longer judged necessary.
Persons who have been previously vaccinated or are receiving pre-exposure vaccination for rabies should receive only the vaccine.
Finally,
When will the Bali doctors learn that the protocol for a proper post-exposure anti-rabies vaccination is not 3 shots.
First of all, the wound cleansing is most important in rabies prevention since, it has been shown that wound cleansing alone, without other post-exposure prophylaxis, markedly reduces the likelihood of rabies. Tetanus prophylaxis should also be administered if you have not been immunized in ten years.
Second, for persons who have never been vaccinated against rabies previously, post-exposure anti-rabies vaccination should always include the administration of BOTH the combination of human rabies immune globulin (HRIG) and vaccine for both bite and non-bite exposures.
Rabies Immune Globulin
Human rabies immune globulin (HRIG) is administered only once, at the beginning of anti-rabies prophylaxis, in order to provide immediate antibodies until they responds to the vaccine by actively producing antibodies of their own.
Rabies Vaccine
A regimen of FOUR, 1-mL doses of HDCV vaccines should be administered intramuscularly. The first dose of the four-dose course should be administered as soon as possible after exposure. Additional doses should be administered on DAYS 3, 7, and 14 after the first vaccination. Please note that a fifth dose on Day 28 used to be administered until recently, but is no longer judged necessary.
Persons who have been previously vaccinated or are receiving pre-exposure vaccination for rabies should receive only the vaccine.
Finally,
How can this be possible in Bali? Bali is not exactly the backwater of Indonesia…What about worrying a little less about the spirits of the departeds and more about the spirits of the livings?
"rabies vaccination is quite complicated?" You must be kidding. What's complicated about giving a 1ml shot to a patient 4 times over a 2-week period? One does not even need a medical doctor; a nurse can do it, and, in most cases, probably better. As for the risk being "quite minimal", think again...a bat, a dog, or any other rabid animal bits you, and you're a goner unless you get the anti-rabies treatment.
And this was the point of my first comment. The anti-rabies treatment, according to every medical sources I have consulted, including CDC, is 100% effective, when used in time.
And this was the point of my first comment. The anti-rabies treatment, according to every medical sources I have consulted, including CDC, is 100% effective, when used in time.
The advice 'cleansing the bite with running water' (Bali Advertiser) confuses me. Is tapwater clean enough not to infect the wound?
Nicely put.
MiSO,
The point is to dilute and clean the wound from as much of the rabies virus as possible. Any other bacteria contained in the running water should be the least of your problem at the time.
I have not read the recommendations of the Bali Advertiser, but just water would not be sufficient. First, one needs to wash the bite with water AND soap, and do a thorough job.
The point is to dilute and clean the wound from as much of the rabies virus as possible. Any other bacteria contained in the running water should be the least of your problem at the time.
This week it was my turn... I got bitten by a dog. Gladly I wore trousers made of thick fabric, so it is only swollen and purple.
It wasn't one of the streetdogs that was chasing after me when I was on my sepeda, push-bike. It was the dog of my house owner. An other lucky thing: the dog had been injected (anti rabies)
It wasn't one of the streetdogs that was chasing after me when I was on my sepeda, push-bike. It was the dog of my house owner. An other lucky thing: the dog had been injected (anti rabies)
