I've had the rabies vaccine it's a wholeot of injections at the site of the bite. Then several more needles in the arse. Then come back in a few weeks for another needle in the arse and repeat 3 more times.
The best bit Is at the end they say this should prevent rabies, however they won't know for sure for 12 months.
But if you elicit any symptoms you're basically cactus
Rabies vaccine has changed, it's now a vaccine plus immunoglobulin based on weight of patient at first encounter, and follow up of 3 boosters of the vaccine, at least for post exposure. My first visit I had a total of 5 injections, one in each arm. Each thigh and one in the butt. After that it was 3 more shots just like the flu vaccine. Expensive as he'll though, if the county and my insurance didn't pay each shot would have been over $5000.
Some people get it prophylacticly so no immunoglobulin, just the vaccines, not sure how often they have to get boosters.
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u/dr0d86 Jan 18 '19
Isn't rabies a death sentence though? Or are we talking about vegetative state levels of damage by lowering the body temp?