Six months later, though her health deteriorated and though she was taken to the hospital, she died during treatment with rabies being cited as the cause
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A little girl passed away from rabies after she failed to take the vaccine shots, citing fear of injections. She succumbed to the infection at a hospital recently, six months after she sustained a minor injury from a stray dog.
Reports stated the child had been taken to a hospital a day after she was scratched by a dog, but she did not take the injection as she was afraid. The slight wound healed, and that was what everyone thought.
Six months later, though her health deteriorated and though she was taken to the hospital, she died during treatment with rabies being cited as the cause.
This is a wake-up call for all who, first of all, work with community dogs and cats. Several activists take the anti-rabies shots as precaution. However, several are not enough. All the activists/feeders should take them.
Secondly, if one is bitten or scratched by these animals, do go to a hospital/clinic and receive treatment. We have seen that these injuries are often dismissed as minor or inconsequential. Some home care may be done for the wound, and then people go about their lives. This seemingly innocuous behaviour can be extremely dangerous and even deadly, as in this case.
Even owners who are bitten or scratched by their pets must seek advice and take shots needed, even if the pet has been vaccinated. Let the doctor decide whether one needs the shots rather than make decisions on one’s own.
In many cases, there are no symptoms initially, but the virus is travelling, and it is often too late then to save the person.
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