Source: CCTV Finance
September 28 is World Rabies Day , rabies is an acute infectious disease caused by rabies virus. Data released by the World Health Organization shows that rabies is prevalent in 150 countries around the world, and 59,000 people die from rabies every year, of which 99% of the deaths are infections caused by dog bites. Experts say that once rabies develops, there is no effective treatment, and the mortality rate is almost 100%, so it is crucial to do a good job in prevention and treatment.
Rabies cannot be cured. Timely prevention of three-step
Rabies is an acute zoonotic infectious disease mainly invading central nervous system . It is mostly manifested in clinical practice as specific wind and water fear, pharyngeal muscle spasm , etc. Rabies virus is usually transmitted to people by biting and scratching animals.
Chief physician of Emergency Surgery Department of Peking University People's Hospital Wang Chuanlin : Once rabies occurs, there is no effective treatment so far, and the mortality rate is almost 100%. Everyone must remember that once you are scratched or bitten by a suspicious animal, timely and standardized prevention can be achieved 100% effective.
Doctors introduced that prevention of rabies is divided into three steps:
After being scratched and bitten by animals, rinse it with clean water and soapy water for about a quarter of an hour, and after disinfection, go to the hospital to standardize the wound treatment.
uses passive immune preparations for rabies to kill residual viruses in the wound.
Injection of rabies vaccine will cause the body to produce high concentrations of antibodies and completely kill the viruses remaining in the body.
Emergency Surgery Department, Liu Jiayang: For patients who are first exposed, that is, they have never received rabies vaccine before, they must be given 5 shots of rabies vaccine. One shot is given each day, 0, 3, 7, 14, and 28 days. If you are bitten again, you do not need to get rabies vaccination within half a year, you need to get two shots between half a year and a year, and three shots are needed between one year and three years.
There are many misunderstandings about rabies. There should be no luck mentality.
Some people think that if you are scratched and bitten by animals, it will be fine as long as you don’t bleed. Is this true?
Chief physician of Emergency Surgery Department of Peking University People's Hospital: Many people mistakenly believe that small wounds and no obvious bleeding can be ignored. But this is not safe, and the wound needs to be carefully washed and rabies vaccinated.
Experts said: Summer and autumn are the peak period of rabies. rabies virus can enter the wound through saliva to cause viral infection; therefore, the skin is broken during contact with animals, or the animal's saliva comes into contact with the skin and mucous membranes, and the wound is licked by animals, all of which need standardized rabies treatment. Rabies vaccines should be vaccinated as soon as possible, the sooner the better.
Liu Jiayang, chief physician of emergency surgery at Peking University People's Hospital: The rabies vaccine must be given priority. The rabies vaccine is the inactivated vaccine , which will not affect the effectiveness of other vaccines.
It is worth noting that patients not only need to prevent rabies after being injured by animals, but also to prevent wound infection. Since animal injuries are high-risk exposure to tetanus , tetanus is also needed to prevent tetanus.
(Source: CCTV Finance)
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