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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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 Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:26 am Post subject: Vacinations, rabies, fever |
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Should I get a rabies shot before going to Korea?
I've read that it's a good idea if you visit china.
Will my local health department do it?
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:52 am Post subject: |
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| You can if you want, but no one I know has bothered. |
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Richard Krainium
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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Yea, if you're a dog. 
Is there a human vaccination? I thought rabies shots were given after you got bit by a rabid animal.
I remember it used to be something like 16 injections with a huge needle through your abdomen. Terrifed us as little kids!  |
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Richard Krainium wrote: |
Yea, if you're a dog.
Is there a human vaccination? I thought rabies shots were given after you got bit by a rabid animal.
I remember it used to be something like 16 injections with a huge needle through your abdomen. Terrifed us as little kids! |
There is a prophylactic injection that is recommended for third world countries. It is used in the US for people who work with animals. From what I have read it would allow you to go longer before getting the other shots. If you get bit by a stray dog in the middle of nowhere and can't get back to civilization. |
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